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CORBIE GABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corbie gable mean?
• CORBIE GABLE (noun)
The noun CORBIE GABLE has 1 sense:
1. (architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps
Familiarity information: CORBIE GABLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("corbie gable" is a kind of...):
gable; gable end; gable wall (the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof)
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
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