corbie step
/ˈkɔrbi ˌstɛp/
noun
- One of the series of steps on the sloping sides of a corbie gable.
- Restoring a broken corbie-step required a stonemason with special skills.
- Each corbie-step on the old manor house was made of a single block of sandstone.
- The children counted the corbie-steps as they walked past the historic building.