corbie step
nounUK /ˈkɔːbi ˌstɛp/ · US /ˈkɔːɹbi ˌstɛp/
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Architecture One of a series of step-like projections at the top of a gable.
- 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, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, number 13:
- Synonyms
- cat-step, crow step
- Related terms
- corbel, corbie gable