Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
corbel-steps .
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Examples
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There was a house with charming high brick gables at either end, with little battlemented crow-steps, and with graceful chimney-stacks at the top.
The Silent Isle Arthur Christopher Benson 1893
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Thus, to save the uniform plainness of the straight gable-line, it is broken into small gradations called 'crow-steps.'
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 445 Volume 18, New Series, July 10, 1852 Various 1836
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