Corbel:
a support for an arch or similar heavy structure that sticks out of a wall and is usually made of stone or brick [Cambridge Dictionary]
“Sticks out”? Sticks out? Come on, guys. “Protrudes” is far more graceful.
Noted in “Reimagining the Crusades,” Andrew Lawler, Archaeology (print only, November/December 2018):
While conducting research in European archives, [archaeologist Elisabeth Yehuda of Tel Aviv University] found examples of stone houses of similar design in urban Europe also dating to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Though not quite as fort-like as the Crusader structures, they reflected the growing prosperity of artisans and merchants through their sturdy construction and careful attention to detail. She then focused on the decorative corbelled fireplaces in the main room on the first floor of many of the Frankish dwellings.
[All typos mine]
