Corbel vs. Ledge — What's the Difference?

In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent 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 horizontal projection forming a narrow shelf on a wall.

A piece of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or arch.

A cut or projection forming a shelf on a cliff or rock wall.

To provide with or support by a corbel or corbels.

An underwater ridge or rock shelf.

(architectural element) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

A level of rock-bearing ore; a vein.

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

A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.

A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

(geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.

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

A layer or stratum.

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.

Furnish with a corbel

(architecture) A (door or window) lintel.

(architecture) A cornice.

(shipbuilding) A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.

A provincial or territorial legislature building.

A provincial or territorial legislative assembly.

(uncommon) To cause to have, or to develop, a ledge (during mining, canal construction, building, etc).

A shelf on which articles may be laid; also, that which resembles such a shelf in form or use, as a projecting ridge or part, or a molding or edge in joinery.

A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.

A layer or stratum.

A lode; a limited mass of rock bearing valuable mineral.

A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.

A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water