corbie gable

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noun

a gable with corbiesteps.

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Origin of corbie gable

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby corbie gable

corbel table, corbel vault, Corbett, corbicula, corbie, corbie gable, corbiestep, Corbin, corbina, corblimey, Corbusier

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How to use corbie gable in a sentence

The trouble with Gable was that he was under contract to MGM.
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Clark Gable and Robert Taylor and Tyrone Power could make women sigh.
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One of her courtiers bet that Clark Gable as Rhett Butler would be her ideal, “a privateer, a romantic, and a fabulous cad.”
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Led by Clark Gable, the men aboard rise up and take back the ship.
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He is like you would imagine a young hipster Clark Gable would be and he's got a leer on him that won't quit.
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Tim's letter was in my pocket and the sun was still high over the gable of the mill.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
The wall finishes in a gable and the whole west wall is a true termination of the nave which lies behind.
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And yet you appreciate so keenly my old enamels, and your eye seeks out, in a minute, a picturesque roof or gable.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
In a few minutes, the gable end where the chimney was built, in its turn, sank into the abyss.
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The regular form of the buildings was rectangular, the gable sides probably being shorter than the others.
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British Dictionary definitions for corbie gable

corbie gable

noun

architect a gable having corbie-steps

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