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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] [2] 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 ...
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A simple construction method using a lintel, header, or architrave as the horizontal member over a building void supported at its ends by two vertical columns, pillars, or posts. Tracery The stonework elements that support the glass in a Gothic window. Transom (architectural)
The restored east range measures around 31m by 10m, with a pitched roof and crow-step gables. It is entered through a richly carved doorway, dated 1622 and initialled SWS for Sir William Sinclair, which gives access to the third floor. The three lower floors are cut into the rock, and each has four vaulted rooms, with a fifth in the south-east ...
By David Shepardson. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department imposed a $2 million penalty on JetBlue Airways for operating four chronically delayed flights on domestic routes ...
Police in south Texas are investigating after three police officers were stabbed Tuesday evening while responding to a domestic violence call, officials said.
Prior research indicates that crows possess the talent to devise tools and even count. Stories abound of crows dropping nuts onto busy roads, waiting for cars to crack them open, and then ...
The Sunda crow was formally described in 1821 by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield based on a specimen collected on the Indonesian island of Java. He coined the binomial name Fregilus enca . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The specific epithet enca is a Javanese word for a crow.