mouse tooth gable
Isaac Kremer/ September 9, 2018/ / 0 comments
Dutch term referring to the infilling in the steps of a crowstep gable. Brick is laid at an angle perpendicular to the slope of the gable within the steps, and the gable is finished off with a smooth brick or stone coping or sill; an adaptation widely used in New Netherlands and Virginia. (Roth, 1979, 1980)