corbel table

Arch.: A cornice supported by corbels. *cor-běl (2), *cor-byal, s. [O. Fr., from Lat. corvus a crow.] A crow, a raven. "The corbeles fee."-Gawaine, 1,355. cor-běl, v . t . [CORBEL (1), 8.] 1. To support on corbels. 2. To dilate by projecting every member of a series beyond the one under it. Any construction which is carried by corbels so as to stand beyond the face of the wall is said to be corbelled out. cor-bělled, pa . par . or a. [CORBEL, v .] cor-bět, cor-bětt, s. [O. Fr. corbet .] Arch.: A niche for an image. "As corbetz ful of imageries." Chaucer: Hous of Fame , iii. 213. cor-bic-u-la, s. [Lat. a little basket, dim in. of corbis (q. v.).] Zool.: A sub-genus of conchiferous Mollusks placed under the genus Cyrena (q. v.). The shell is orbicular, concentrically furrowed, the lateral teeth elongated, transversely striated, the epidermis of the shell polished. They are found in the mud of rivers and in mangrove swamps. Recent species, 130; fo il, 105, the latter from the Wealden onward. Corbicula con so brin a is found recent from Egypt to China, and fo il in the Pliocene of England, Belgium and Sicily.