corbiestep

 [kawr-bee-step]  

cor·bie·step

   [kawr-bee-step]
noun
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.

Origin:
1800–10; corbie + step
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corbiestep

noun
(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall [syn: corbel step] 
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