corbel step

1. 1.

   (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall

   Synonymscorbie-stepcorbiestepcrow step

   Broaderstep

   architecture

Questions about corbel step

What does corbel step mean?

corbel step means "(architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall".

What is another word for corbel step?

Close synonyms include corbie-step, corbiestep, crow step. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is corbel step a common word?

corbel step is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.