Stepped gable

A stepped gable, crow-stepped gable, or corbie step^[1] is a stairstep type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building.^[1] The top of the parapet wall projects above the roofline and the top of the brick or stone wall is stacked in a step pattern above the roof as a decoration and as a convenient way to finish the brick courses. A stepped parapet may appear on building facades with or without gable ends, and even upon a false front.

^ ^a ^b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Corbie" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 136.

[EB1911-1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Corbie" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 136.

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