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单词 crow-step
释义

crow-stepn.

Forms: (In Scottish craw-.)
Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcrow-step.
Architecture.
= corbie-step (corbie-steps n. at corbie n. Compounds).
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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.
attributive.1855 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost 24 The crow-step gables were of the primitive architecture of the province.

Derivatives

ˈcrow-stepped adj.
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crow-stepped1859
1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. IV. vii. 300 Several of the gables are crow-stepped.
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