corbel table

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of corbel table

Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

Two flying buttresses rise from the corners of the nave and transept aisles to the corbel table of the clerestory range.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)

Above the stage was a bold corbel table, and this is the upper limit of the Norman work.

From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

Above this is a corbel table of heads and mouldings which interferes with the upper window mouldings.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Eley, C. King

Above the door runs an arched corbel table on which stands the one large window which the church possesses.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

All the other nave windows are mere slits; and above them runs a rich corbel table of slightly stilted arches with their edges covered with ball ornament resting on projecting corbels.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum