Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.
- noun The whole end wall of a building or wing having a pitched roof.
- noun A triangular, usually ornamental architectural section, as one above an arched door or window.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, the end of a ridged roof which at its extremity is not hipped or returned on itself, but cut off in a vertical plane, together with the triangular expanse of wall from the level of the eaves to the apex: distinguished from a pediment in that the cornice is not carried across the base of the triangle.
- noun Any architectural member having the form of a gable, as a triangular canopy over a window or a doorway.
- noun The end-wall of a house; a gable-end.
- noun In mech., the outer end or tip of the crank in a cranked axle or shaft. The finishing of this is termed cutting the gable.
- noun A cable.
- To give to a roof a gable or gabled end.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.
- noun A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.
- noun See under
Bell . - noun a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end.
- noun Same as
Gable (b). - noun a window in a gable.
- noun Archaic A cable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture The
triangular area of external walladjacent to two meeting slopedroofs .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun United States film actor (1901-1960)
- noun the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One lord of Ulland had expressed his fancy on the eastern façade in gable and sculptured gargoyle; another his fear or his defiance in the squat and sturdy tower with its cautious slits in lieu of windows.
The Convert 1907
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At Clackmannan the dial on the lower end of a gable is circular on a square basis, and surmounted by a cherub's head.
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Two all-weather-wicker chaises face each other under the main gable.
A riverfront retreat, built with the long view Nancy McKeon 2010
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At each side of the gable is a pinnacle, almost a copy of those on the front, except that the lowest stage is here octagonal instead of square.
The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See W.D. Sweeting
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The gable is a low slope like the present roof, but the slope of the old gable and roof may be seen upon the east wall of the transept.
Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See Hubert C. Corlette
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The south end of the Transept differs from the north in the arrangement of the windows; in the gable is a low Perpendicular window of seven lights, sunk within a deep recess; the north end has in the upper tier two large Perpendicular windows side by side.
Ely Cathedral Anonymous
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On the gable was a newer sign heralding "Jared Chick & Father, Inventors."
The Landloper Holman Day 1900
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Above the gable is a further arch, the ribs of which join the gable at its exterior angles.
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The wall felt warm to her back and shoulders, and she found that immediately within the gable was the cottage fireplace, the heat of which came through the bricks.
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At the apex of the gable is a niche containing a small statue of St. Peter.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Percy Addleshaw 1891
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