- corbie-steps
- ['kɔːbɪsteps]
сущ.; мн.; архит.ступенчатый фронтон
Англо-русский современный словарь. 2014.
corbie-steps
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corbie-steps — corˈbie steps plural noun The small stonework steps on the slopes of a gable, crow steps • • • Main Entry: ↑corbie … Useful english dictionary
corbie steps — n. stairs that rise above roof level along the sides of a gable wall (Architecture) … English contemporary dictionary
corbie gable — noun (architecture) a gable having corbie steps or corbel steps • Topics: ↑architecture • Hypernyms: ↑gable, ↑gable end, ↑gable wall * * * noun Etymology … Useful english dictionary
corbie step — ▪ architecture also called crow step stone used for covering any of the steps or indentations in the coping (uppermost, covering course) of a gable; the term is also applied to the step itself. Corbie steps were common in late medieval… … Universalium
corbie step — noun /ˈkɔːbi ˌstɛp,ˈkɔːrbi ˌstɛp/ 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 … Wiktionary
corbie — n. Sc. 1 a raven. 2 a carrion crow. Phrases and idioms: corbie steps the steplike projections on the sloping sides of a gable. Etymology: ME f. OF corb, corp f. L corvus crow … Useful english dictionary
Crow-stepped gable — Crow steps on a Scottish baronial building. A Stepped gable, Crow stepped gable, or Corbie step is a stair step type of design at the top of the triangular gable end of a building. The top of the parapet wall projects above the roofline and the… … Wikipedia
crow — 1. n. 1 any large black bird of the genus Corvus, having a powerful black beak. 2 any similar bird of the family Corvidae, e.g. the raven, rook, and jackdaw. 3 sl. derog. a woman, esp. an old or ugly one. Phrases and idioms: as the crow flies in… … Useful english dictionary
Crow — 1. n. 1 any large black bird of the genus Corvus, having a powerful black beak. 2 any similar bird of the family Corvidae, e.g. the raven, rook, and jackdaw. 3 sl. derog. a woman, esp. an old or ugly one. Phrases and idioms: as the crow flies in… … Useful english dictionary
corbiegable — cor·bie gable (kôrʹbē) n. A gable finished with corbie steps. * * * … Universalium
corbiestep — noun 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… … Wiktionary
