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CROW STEP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crow step mean? 

CROW STEP (noun)
  The noun CROW STEP has 1 sense:

1. (architecture) a step on the top of a gable wallplay

  Familiarity information: CROW STEP used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CROW STEP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

corbel step; corbie-step; corbiestep; crow step

Hypernyms ("crow step" is a kind of...):

stair; step (support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway)

Domain category:

architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)


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