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Corbel
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Piece of masonry jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight
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In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal keyed into and projecting from a wall to carry a bearing weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger" in...

Subclass of
Architectural element
Bracket (architecture)
Different from
eave bracket
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