How To Use corbie-step In A Sentence
- The 'land' stood in the narrowest part of the wynd; right opposite, and not more than five feet away rose the opposite wall, finishing off into a gable end with corbie-steps affording easy access to the further roof. Border Ghost Stories
- 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. Border Ghost Stories
- All about the house, with its numerous corners, turrets, gussets, and corbie-stepped gables, the fury of the world rose and wandered, the fury that never rests but is ever somewhere round the ancient universe, jibing night and morning at man's most valiant effort. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
- It has corbie-stepped gables with two round bartizans and a caphouse which crowns the stair.
- 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. Border Ghost Stories
