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Gable   /gˈeɪbəl/   Listen
noun
Gable  n.  A cable. (Archaic)



Gable  n.  (Arch.)
(a)
The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence:
(b)
The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.
(c)
A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.
Bell gable. See under Bell.
Gable roof, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end.
Gable wall. Same as Gable (b).
Gable window, a window in a gable.






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"Gable" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the very end of the gable: a little manhole, just big enough to let a small body through to clear the gutter, and ...
— Follow My leader - The Boys of Templeton • Talbot Baines Reed

... observed Sponge, as he at length espied a confused jumble of gable-ends and chimney-pots rising from amidst a clump of Scotch firs and other trees, looking less like a farmhouse ...
— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... overshadowed it, and threw a solemn gloom upon the peaceful graveyard at its side. About two hundred yards again to the right, in a little green shelving dell beneath the house, stood Mr. Sinclair's modest white meeting-house, with a large ash tree hanging over each gable, and a row of poplars behind it. The valley at the opposite extremity opened upon a landscape bright and picturesque, dotted with those white residences which give that peculiar character of warmth and comfort for which the northern landscapes are so remarkable. ...
— Jane Sinclair; Or, The Fawn Of Springvale - The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two • William Carleton

... frame is 12" x 12", and 5 feet high, and made up of 2" x 2" material. When neatly framed together, it is a most attractive article of furniture. The top may be covered in any suitable way, showing a roof effect. The opening for the dial face of the clock should be at one of the gable ends. ...
— Carpentry for Boys • J. S. Zerbe

... gabled, and topped by dormer-windowed steep roofs of tin, which, under the high morning sun, lay an expanse of keenest splendor, while many a grateful shadow dappled the full-foliaged garden below. Two slim, tall poplars stood against the gable of the chapel, and shot their tops above its roof, and under a porch near them two nuns sat motionless in the sun, black-robed, with black veils falling over their shoulders, and their white faces lost in the white linen that draped them from breast to crown. Their hands lay ...
— A Chance Acquaintance • W. D. Howells


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