Corbie-step

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corbiestep \Cor"bie*step`\, n. (Arch.)
     One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in
     place of a continuous slope; -- also called {crowstep}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  corbie-step
       n : (architecture) a step or step-like projection on the top of
           a gable wall [syn: {corbel step}, {corbiestep}, {crow
           step}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corbiestep
       n : (architecture) a step or step-like projection on the top of
           a gable wall [syn: {corbel step}, {corbie-step}, {crow
           step}]