crow step

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscorbel stepcorbie-stepcorbiestep

   Broaderstep

   architecture

Questions about crow step

What does crow step mean?

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

What is another word for crow step?

Close synonyms include corbel step, corbie-step, corbiestep. 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 crow step a common word?

crow step is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.