Stepped Gable
Stepped gable (crow-stepped gable, corbie step), the step-shaped construction of the triangular gable-end of a building, frequently used in secular architecture of the Middle Ages.
Stepped Gables in Miniature
- Old Town Block, 1:87 Faller B-924
- Bailleul Town House, 1:87 Kibri 38375
The illustrations show a stepped gable with round wind holes of the post office in Ludwigslust, above, and a pierced stepped gable with wind or air windows on a house in Freiberg/Saxony, at left.
Source: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, 6. Auflage 1905–1909