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Definition of Corbie-step
1. Noun. (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall.
Generic synonyms: Stair, Step
Category relationships: Architecture
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corbie-step
Literary usage of Corbie-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)
"CORBIE STEP. Same as Crow Step; the Scotch form, gables of this sort being common
in Scottish architecture, previous to the seventeenth century. CORDON. ..."
2. Building Construction and Drawing by Charles Frederick Mitchell, George Arthur Mitchell (1902)
"Corbie Step Gables.—A common method of finishing gables is by constructing a
number of steps formed of some hard stone squared, the top surfaces being ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1892)
"... or in the almost endless modifications of the Italian villa and the few
remaining domiciles with the “corbie step” gable imported from the Netherlands. ..."
4. Brickwork & Masonry: A Practical Text Book for Students, and Those Engaged by Charles Frederick Mitchell, George Arthur Mitchell (1904)
"Corbie Step Gables.—A common method of finishing gables is by constructing a
number of steps formed of some hard stone squared, the top surfaces being ..."
5. The Lake Counties by William Gershom Collingwood (1902)
"Old Hall, formerly seat of the Lancasters, has lost its pele (removed about 1825),
but has late 15th-century hall, butteries, and kitchen with "corbie-step" ..."
6. The Book of Sun-dials by Alfred Gatty, H. K. F. Eden, Eleanor Lloyd (1900)
"It stands on the lower "corbie" step of a pigeon- house, with the strange
accompaniment of a pair of " jougs," an iron collar for securing a prisoner. ..."
7. The Book of Sun-dials: Originally Compiled by the Late Mrs. Alfred Gatty by Lewis Evans (1900)
"It stands on the lower "corbie" step of a pigeon- house, with the strange
accompaniment of a pair of " jougs," an iron collar for securing a prisoner. ..."
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