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Definition of Corbel step
1. Noun. (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall.
Exact synonyms: Corbie-step, Corbiestep, Crow Step
Generic synonyms: Stair, Step
Category relationships: Architecture
Generic synonyms: Stair, Step
Category relationships: Architecture
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corbel Step
Literary usage of Corbel step
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"corbel step. Same as Crow Step ; apparently a mistaken form of the variant Corbie
Step. CORBEL TABLE. A projecting course of masonry carried ou a row of ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John Britton (1838)
"CORBEL-STEP, a term applied to the gables of some old buildings, when the parapet
is broken into several steps or ledges, converging from the eaves to the ..."
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