corbel
Architectural supporting bracket
A corbel is a structural bracket of stone, brick, or wood projecting from a wall to support weight above it—a beam, arch, or balcony.
Corbels often feature decorative carving.
In corbelled construction, each course of masonry projects slightly beyond the one below, creating stepped or arched forms without true arches: The medieval tower used corbelling to support its upper floors.
Support or category
- consoleComfort in distress
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- overhangSection projecting beyond support
- cantileverBeam supported one end
ledge · shelf · mantel · support · strut · buttress · beam · joist
Notched parapet pattern
- battlementToothed fortress wall crown
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- gargoyleDecorative architectural waterspout
- castleFortified medieval residence
fortification · parapet · rampart · keep · donjon · barbican · portcullis · tracery
Ornamental upper trim
- eavesProjecting roof edges
- balconyRaised exterior platform
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- masonryBuilding with mortared blocks
pilaster · entablature · pediment · keystone · arch · vault · capital · frieze
bracket
Support or category
- consoleComfort in distress
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- overhangSection projecting beyond support
cantilever · ledge · shelf · mantel · support · strut · buttress · beam · joist · truss
crenellation
Notched parapet pattern
- battlementToothed fortress wall crown
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- gargoyleDecorative architectural waterspout
castle · fortification · parapet · rampart · keep · donjon · barbican · portcullis · tracery · finial
cornice
Ornamental upper trim
masonry · pilaster · entablature · pediment · keystone · arch · vault · capital · frieze · soffit
ashlar
Precision-cut building stone
marble · masonry · carved · dressed stone · quoin · freestone · rubble · coursed · chisel · stonework
carving
Shaping by cutting away
- acanthusSpiny-leaved ornamental plant
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
grotesque · rosette · relief · figural · head · mask · animal · angel · dentil · volute
- building partsfacades, wall, door, windows, floor
- castle partsmoat, keep, drawbridge, battlement, tower
- arches and vaultsarch, barrel vault, round arch, keystone, springer
- architectural elementscolumn, columns, arch, archway, dome
- architectural ornamentacanthus, arabesque, arabesques, architrave, baluster
- Cathedral Artrose window, flying buttress, gargoyle, altarpiece, pointed arch