单词 | crow-step |
释义 | crow-stepn. Architecture. = corbie-step (corbie-steps n. at corbie n. Compounds). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > coping > on gable > crow-step kneeler1688 corbie-steps1808 crow-step1824 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. vii. 213 Reckoning from the crawstep to the groundsill. 1884 A. Lang in Cent. Mag. Jan. 331/1 The houses have the old ‘crow-step’ on the gable. Derivatives ˈcrow-stepped adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [adjective] > coping > crow-stepped gable coping crow-stepped1859 1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. IV. vii. 300 Several of the gables are crow-stepped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1824 |
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