Gable meaning

gā'bəl
A triangular, usually ornamental architectural section, as one above an arched door or window.
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The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.
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The whole end wall of a building or wing having a pitched roof.
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The end wall of a building, the upper part of which is a gable.
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A triangular decorative feature, such as that over a door or window.
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The triangular wall enclosed by the sloping ends of a ridged roof.
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The whole section, including wall, roof, and space enclosed.
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To put a gable or gables on.
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1901-60; U.S. film actor.
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(architecture) The triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs.
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Origin of gable

Middle English gable, gavel from Norman French gable (perhaps of Celtic origin) and from Old Norse gafl ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • On this side of Gable is the fine detached rock, Napes Needle.

  • Its style was mainly Early English, the western gable Norman.

  • The roof was thatched, and perhaps had a gable at each end with a hole to allow the smoke of the wood fire to escape.

  • All the mountains offer easy routes to pedestrians, but some of them, as Scafell, Pillar, Gable (Napes Needle), Pavey Ark above Langdale and Dow Crags near Coniston, also afford ascents for experienced climbers.

  • The regular form of the buildings was rectangular, the gable sides probably being shorter than the others.

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