corbie-step

British

noun

Also called: crow step. architect any of a set of steps on the top of a gable

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I reached the end of the plank, grasped firmly the coping of the corbie-step, pulled myself up and felt for firm footing in the lead gutter of the roof below.

From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard

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