10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CORBIE-STEP»
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1
The Chambers Dictionary
-ncor belling or (NAm) cor Deling — corbel step a corbie step; corbel table a row
of corbels and the parapet or cornice they support. — corbel out or corbel off to (
cause to) project on corbels. [OFr corbel, from LL corvellus, dimin of corvus a ...
2
A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
... the building of Cambrai Cathedral (1230*43). W.Pa(1852);5(190142) corbie-
step. See CRow-STEPS. Corbusier, Le. Pseudonym from 1920 of the Swiss-born
French architect Charles-Edouard jeanneret-Gris (1887*1965), who was
probably ...
The two parts were clearly distinct, the newer portion being a Jacobean brick
building with stone dressings and quaint corbie-step gables, while the older part
– not later than the sixteenth century – was a comparatively low structure
showing ...
4
Coldstream Building Snippets: 'cans, Quoins and Coursers'
... of masonry on a wall corbel—a bracket supporting a cornice. corbie-step—
stone stepped ends on top of a gable wall, rather than a sloping skew. cornice—a
flat-topped ledge with moulding or brackets below. course—a row of stones in a ...
5
The Spuytenduyvel Chronicle
Better return to dormer windows and corbie-step gables, than build rows of
unmeaning cubes. A lawn sloped to the roadside, and, on the edge of the
eminence, a row of poplars stood sentinelled, by which the place could be
distinguished from ...
6
The Urban Lifeworld: Formation Perception Representation
... corbie-step front gable bears the logo of the Danish State Railways – a wheel
with wings. Like a runaway railway carriage the hotel has not allowed itself to be
stopped by the station building, but passes it in full career along the line of the ...
Peter Madsen, Richard Plunz, 2005
7
The WPA Guide to 1930s Montana
Going-to-the-Sun Trail swings south from Sperry Chalets, 0 m., and ascends by a
series of switch-backs to LINCOLN PASS, 1.5 m. (7,000 alt.), between Lincoln
Peak (L) and a corbie-step gable of Gunsight Mountain. Right on a footpath up a
...
8
Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... 11 Christ plant, Christ thorn crown roast: 10 rack of lamb crown vetch: 6 axseed
crownwork: 3 cap crow over: 4 crow; 5 exult, neigh; 7 chuckle, triumph crow step:
10 corbel step, corbie-step, cor- biestep crozier: 7 crosier CRT: 14 cathode ray ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
9
Living with History, 1914 - 1964: la Reconstruction en ...
The most prominent means to visually subdivide and accentuate the
homogenised facades were corbie-step gables, the form of which ranged from
neo-Gothic to neo-Baroque variations. The reduced scale - the houses had no
entrance hall ...
Nicholas Bullock, Luc Verpoest, 2011
10
Montana: A State Guide Book
Going-to-the-Sun Trail swings south from Sperry Chalets, 0 m., and ascends by a
series of switch-backs to LINCOLN PASS, 1.5 m. (7,000 alt), between Lincoln
Peak (L) and a corbie-step gable of Gunsight Mountain. Right on a footpath up a
...
Federal Writers' Project. Montana, Federal Writers' Project, 1939
