Gable
['geɪb(ə)l] or ['gebl]
Definition
(noun.) the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
(noun.) United States film actor (1901-1960).
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Definition
(n.) A cable.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.
(n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.
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Definition
n. (archit.) the triangular part of an exterior wall of a building between the top of the side-walls and the slopes on the roof—(Scot.) Gā′vel.—adj. Gā′bled.—ns. Gā′ble-end the end-wall of a building on the side where there is a gable; Gā′blet (dim.) a small gable as an ornament on buttresses &c.; Gā′ble-win′dow a window in the gable-end of a building or a window with its upper part shaped like a gable.
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Examples
- Preserve a certain order; do not attempt to jump from the ground to the gable, but rise gradually from what is simple and easily understood. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Moore, sitting in the schoolroom, heard the storm roar round the other gable and along the hall-front. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You could see a high gable, then a long front, then a low gable, then a thick, lofty stack of chimneys. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The quality of hotels is shown by an inn with one, two, three, or four gables, and so forth. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The house presented two pointed gables in its front; the windows were latticed and narrow: the front door was narrow too, one step led up to it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Red Gables, Catherine Street. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- From amid the branches there jutted out the grey gables and high roof-tree of a very old mansion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Glenmont is a rather elaborate and florid building in Queen Anne English style, of brick, stone, and wooden beams showing on the exterior, with an abundance of gables and balconies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The cathedral towers and the full gables of the quaint old houses were just beginning to blush in the sunrise. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The openings at the gables perform an important part in the ventilation by admitting all the air that can sweep over the top sawdust. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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