Definition of crowstep. Meaning of crowstep. Synonyms of crowstep

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Definition of crowstep

crowstep
Corbiestep Cor"bie*step`, n. (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.
Crowstep
Crowstep Crow"step` (kr?"st?p`), n. (Arch.) See Corriestep.

Meaning of crowstep from wikipedia

- A stepped gable, crow-stepped gable, or corbie step is a stairstep type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building. The top of the...
- a garret. The tower, according to Petit's later drawing, was topped by crowstep gables, and surrounded by a walkway and bartizans (small turrets) at the...
- the pilasters and elaborate capitals, c. 1835, on numbers 43–53, the crowsteps on number 23, and the "genteel elegance of number 6", which has a rusticated...
-  124. ISBN 07134-11422. Abbotsford (...), with its angle-turrets and crowsteps, foreshadows the early Victorian revival of the Scottish Baronial style ...
- John Adey Repton. He added bays and replaced the windows although the crowstep gables with polygonal buttresses to the quoins are all survived from the...
- Pylon, Step, Proto-Hegr, and Hegr are characterised by variations on the crowstep motif, combined with elements from classical architecture. Arch, Simple...
- added a stable block in 1800 by John Paterson. Extensions and remodelling (crowstep gables) were carried out in 1825, designed by William Burn. In 1951 Pinkie...
- Pylon, Step, Proto-Hegr, and Hegr are characterised by variations on the crowstep motif, combined with elements from classical architecture. Arch, Simple...
- Gothic windows and a large tower which resembled a lift-shaft crowned with crowstep gables. The house was a blend of new building methods, “traditional” Scottish...
- fine-grained harlings matching the pale yellow sandstone of the chimneys, crowstep gables, and other dressings. The estate's original name was Woodhead, and...