corbie step
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
corbie step (plural corbie steps)
- (architecture) One of a series of step-like projections at the top of a gable.
- 1904 — Montague Rhodes James, Number 13
- It is a great red-brick house - that is, the front is of brick, with corbie steps on the gables and a text over the door; but the courtyard into which the omnibus drives is of black and white 'cage-work' in wood and plaster.
- 1904 — Montague Rhodes James, Number 13
- cat-step
- crow step
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