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corbel table
noun
- a horizontal masonry construction, as a cornice or part of a wall, supported on corbels or on arches supported on corbels.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of corbel table1
Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
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Example Sentences
A fine and noteworthy feature in this church is the corbel table which runs nearly all round it.
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There is also an unbroken corbel table above the windows, of very expressive, life-like heads, no two of which are alike.
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Above this is a corbel table of heads and mouldings which interferes with the upper window mouldings.
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Simple buttresses separate the bays, and there is a corbel-table under the eaves.
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There are two of these windows at the east end, and there is a corbel-table under the eaves.
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