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 piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger" in England.
An interior look at the roof of a corbelled house in South Africa
Corbels quarried for London Bridge but unused; Swell Tor quarry, Dartmoor
Romanesque corbel table featuring erotic scenes at Colegiata de Cervatos, near Santander, Spain
Corbelled arch at the Royal Palace of Ugarit, 2nd millennium BC
A bracket is an architectural element: a structural or decorative member. It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or other media. It projects from a wall, usually to carry weight and sometimes to "...strengthen an angle". A corbel or console are types of brackets.
A classically detailed bracket at the chapel of Greenwich Hospital, London
Bracket for a shelf or hanging items
Brackets are used in traditional timber framing, including the support of a jettied floor which can be carved. Magdalene Street, Cambridge, England. Sixteenth century
