n. any of a series of steplike portions of a masonry gable that terminate the gable above the surface of the roof. Also called crowstep.[1800–10]
crowstep
corbiestep, catstep, crowstep
corbiestepThe stepped edge of a gable masking a pitched roof, found in northern European masonry, 14th to 17th cent., and in derivatives.ThesaurusSeecorbiestep