noun
(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall
• Syn: ↑corbel step, ↑corbie-step, ↑crow step
• Topics: ↑architecture
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\\ˈkȯ(r)bēˌ-\ noun : one of a series of steps which rise toward the ridgepole of a building and terminate the upper part of a gable wall
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/kawr"bee step'/, n.
any of a series of steplike portions of a masonry gable that terminate the gable above the surface of the roof. Also called corbel step, crowstep.
[1800-10; CORBIE + STEP]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.