corbie gable

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   (architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps

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Questions about corbie gable

What does corbie gable mean?

corbie gable means "(architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps".

Is corbie gable a common word?

corbie gable 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.