2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge.
[1913 Webster]
{Corbie crow}, the carrion crow. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Crow-stepped gable — Crow steps on a Scottish baronial building. A Stepped gable, Crow stepped gable, or Corbie step is a stair step type of design at the top of the triangular gable end of a building. The top of the parapet wall projects above the roofline and the… … Wikipedia
Corbie — Cor bie or Corby Cor by (k[^o]r b[y^]), n.; pl. {Corbies} ( b[i^]z). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The raven. [Scot.] [1913 Webster] 2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. [1913 Webster] {Corbie… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
corbie — [kôr′bē] n. pl. corbies [ME corbe < OFr corb: see CORBEL] Scot. a crow or raven … English World dictionary
crow — 1. n. 1 any large black bird of the genus Corvus, having a powerful black beak. 2 any similar bird of the family Corvidae, e.g. the raven, rook, and jackdaw. 3 sl. derog. a woman, esp. an old or ugly one. Phrases and idioms: as the crow flies in… … Useful english dictionary
Crow — 1. n. 1 any large black bird of the genus Corvus, having a powerful black beak. 2 any similar bird of the family Corvidae, e.g. the raven, rook, and jackdaw. 3 sl. derog. a woman, esp. an old or ugly one. Phrases and idioms: as the crow flies in… … Useful english dictionary
corbie — n. Sc. 1 a raven. 2 a carrion crow. Phrases and idioms: corbie steps the steplike projections on the sloping sides of a gable. Etymology: ME f. OF corb, corp f. L corvus crow … Useful english dictionary
corbie step — ▪ architecture also called crow step stone used for covering any of the steps or indentations in the coping (uppermost, covering course) of a gable; the term is also applied to the step itself. Corbie steps were common in late medieval… … Universalium
corbie step — noun /ˈkɔːbi ˌstɛp,ˈkɔːrbi ˌstɛp/ One of a series of step like projections at the top of a gable. It is a great red brick house that is, the front is of brick, with corbie steps on the gables and a text over the door; but the courtyard into which … Wiktionary
Corbie — This interesting surname is of English locational origin from any of the various places so called. Corby in Lincolnshire and Northamptonsire, recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, as Corbi and Corbei respectively, are composed of the Old Norse… … Surnames reference
corbie — I. /ˈkɔbi/ (say kawbee) noun Scottish a raven or crow. {Middle English corbin, from Old French, diminutive of corb raven, from Latin corvus} II. /ˈkɔbi/ (say kawbee) noun Tasmania the larva of certain species of lepidopterous insects of the genus …
