corbel table

a horizontal masonry construction, as a cornice or part of a wall, supported on corbels or on arches supported on corbels.

Origin of corbel table

Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

The Cornice often carries a large ornamental leaf in its hollow, and the projecting Corbel-table is no longer seen.

The Seven Periods of English Architecture |Edmund Sharpe
The corbel-table, with its monsters of all descriptions, affords a curious specimen of the sculpture of the age.

Architectural Antiquities of Normandy |John Sell Cotman
There were simple round-arched, shafted windows in each bay, and the clerestory was finished like the aisle with a corbel-table.

Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain |George Edmund Street
The upper band consists of circular openings with quatrefoils in the centre, and above that is a corbel-table.

Ely Cathedral |Anonymous

The central lantern is finished with a corbel-table, roofed with a low tiled roof, and lighted by a small window in each face.

Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain |George Edmund Street