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• crow step — noun (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall • Syn: ↑corbel step, ↑corbie step, ↑corbiestep • Topics: ↑architecture • Hypernyms: ↑step, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• crow step — /ˈkroʊ stɛp/ (say kroh step) noun one of a series of steps on the face of a gable, sometimes used instead of a slope. Also, corbie step …  

• 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 Black Sky — Origin Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Genres Melodic Black Metal Years active 2009 Present Labels Independent …   Wikipedia

• crow-steps — crowˈ steps plural noun Step like stonework on a gable • • • Main Entry: ↑crow …   Useful english dictionary

• corbel step — noun (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall • Syn: ↑corbie step, ↑corbiestep, ↑crow step • Topics: ↑architecture • Hypernyms: ↑step, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• corbie-step — noun (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall • Syn: ↑corbel step, ↑corbiestep, ↑crow step • Topics: ↑architecture • Hypernyms: ↑step, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 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

• Jump Jim Crow — is a song and dance from 1828 that was done in blackface by white comedian Thomas Dartmouth (T.D.) Daddy Rice. The first song sheet edition appeared in the early 1830s, published by E. Riley. The number was supposedly inspired by the song and… …   Wikipedia