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Console table
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<p>A console table is a table whose top surface is supported by <a href="/facts/Corbel/rGX9BHpE">corbels</a> or <a href="/facts/Bracket_(architecture)/Mr2XbmIv">brackets</a> rather than by the usual four legs. It is thus similar to a supported <a href="/facts/Shelf_(storage)/a0kCF4gh">shelf</a> and is not designed to serve as a stand-alone surface. It is frequently used as <a href="/facts/Pier_table/N8lH8wI2">pier table</a> (which may have legs of any variety), to abut a <a href="/facts/Pier_(architecture)/r75BDQB0">pier wall</a>. </p><p>The term <a href="/facts/Corbel/rGX9BHpE">console</a> derives from the compound <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> verb <i>consolor</i> "to alleviate, lighten", from the verb <i>solor</i>, "to assuage, soothe, relieve, mitigate", plus the preposition <i>con/com/cum</i>, "with". </p> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Console tables.