Corbelling.—A series of mouldings doing the same duty as a corbel; a row of corbels.
Corbel Table.—A row of corbels supporting an overhanging parapet or cornice.
Cortile (Italian).—The internal arcaded quadrangle of a palace, mansion, or public building.
Column.—A stone or marble post, divided usually into base, shaft, and capital; distinguished from a pier by the shaft being cylindrical or polygonal, and in one, or at most, in few pieces.
Cornice.—The projecting and crowning portion of an order (which see) or of a building, or of a stage or story of a building.
Course.—A horizontal layer of stones in the masonry of a building.
Crocket.—A tuft of leaves arranged in a formal shape, used to decorate ornamental gables, the ribs of spires, &c.
Fig. q.—Decorated Crocket.