Examples from literature

• A few corbels of an earlier church and a piece of interlaced carving are preserved in the S. porch. 
• Fantastic corbels surround the summit of the lateral walls. 
• The original corbel course of the parapet remains, but not the upper part of the parapet. 
• The roof was flat, but had been richly gilt and painted, and was sustained by corbels of angels, divinely carved. 
• You may call it personal magnetism, or natural cordiality, but there are some Christians who have such an ardent way of shaking hands after meeting that it amounts to a benediction.