English-Thai Dictionary
corbiestep
N บันได ติด กำแพง corbel-step crowstep
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CORBIE; CORBY
Cor "bie or Cor "by, n.; pl. Corbies. Etym: [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven. ]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The raven. [Scot. ]
2. (her. )
Defn: A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. Corbie crow, the carrion crow. [Scot. ]
CORBIESTEP
CORBIESTEP Cor "bie *step `, n. (Arch. )
Defn: One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.
New American Oxford Dictionary
corbie
cor bie |ˈkôrbē ˈkɔrbi | ▶noun ( pl. corbies ) Scottish a raven, crow, or rook. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French corb, variant of corp ‘crow ’ (see corbel ).
corbiesteps
cor bie steps |ˈkôrbēˌsteps ˈkɔrbistɛps |(also corbie steps ) ▶noun the steplike projections on the sloping part of a gable, common in Flemish architecture and 16 - and 17th -century Scottish buildings. Also called crow steps.
Oxford Dictionary
corbie
corbie |ˈkɔːbi | ▶noun ( pl. corbies ) Scottish a raven, crow, or rook. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French corb, variant of corp ‘crow ’ (see corbel ).
corbie steps
cor ¦bie steps ▶plural noun Scottish term for crow steps.
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