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<div style="text-align: center; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">=========================================================================<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 04 March 2008 - Volume 07<br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">
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========================================================================<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Sandy Fleming</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:sandy@scotstext.org">sandy@scotstext.org</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Architecture" 2008.03.04 (06) [E]<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="Ih2E3d">
> From: Hugo Zweep <<a href="mailto:Zweep@bigpond.com">Zweep@bigpond.com</a>><br>
> Subject: LL-L "Architecture" 2008.03.04 (04) [E]<br>
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> Now it gets complicated. Is corbiesteps derived from the bricklaying<br>
> technique of corbelling. In the SOED I see<br>
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</div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">No, corbiesteps aren't related to corbelling.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> The stepped bricklaying has also been called crow steps in the LL<br>
> comments. The only problem seems to be that corbelling is the<br>
> technique of creating an overhang - that is an upside down step. And<br>
> how can such a technique, in any case, be associated withy crows or<br>
> ravens.<br>
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</div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">It seems simple enough, Hugo, in a Scottish context. "Corbie" is Scots</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
for "raven", from the French "corbeau".</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
The stepped gables are crawsteps or corbiesteps in the sense that craws</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
(crows) and corbies use them as platforms.</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Sandy Fleming<br>
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From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(91, 16, 148);">Tom Mc Rae</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:t.mcrae@uq.net.au">t.mcrae@uq.net.au</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L "Architecture" 2008.03.04 (06) [E]<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div class="Ih2E3d">
On 05/03/2008, at 5:23 AM, <span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Hugo Zweep</span> <span><<a href="mailto:Zweep@bigpond.com" target="_blank">Zweep@bigpond.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Subject:<span> </span>LL-L "Architecture" 2008.03.04 (04) [E]<br>
<br><div bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font size="2">Now it gets complicated. Is corbiesteps derived from the bricklaying technique of corbelling. In the SOED I see</font></div></div></span></blockquote></div>Actually in Lowland Scots "corbie" refers to a crow hence the Fly Fifers' name for crow steps on gables.</div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Actually I think the name refers to any Corvine bird.<br></div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" size="3">Regards</font></p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
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