corbel

Etymology

From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”).

noun

1. (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
   Coordinate term: console
   The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels. 1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283

verb

1. (transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.