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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

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  • noun architecture A series of step-like projections at the top of a gable.

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  • noun (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall
  • noun (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

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