corbie gable

cor·bie gable

 (kôr′bē)

n.

A gable finished with corbie-steps.

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corbie gable

n

(Architecture) architect a gable having corbie-steps

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cor′bie ga′ble

n.

a gable with corbiesteps.

[1850–55]

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corbie gable - (architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps gable, gable end, gable wall - the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

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