Results for gable
Definitions of gable:
part of speech: noun
( arch.) The triangular part of an exterior wall of a building between the top of the side- walls and the slopes of the roof.
part of speech: noun
The triangular part of the end of a house or building between the eaves and the summit.
part of speech: noun
The triangular end of a building.
Usage examples for gable:
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Willing hands helped, and the cart was run violently up against the gable Hunky shouting to some of the men to fetch more hay.
"Charlie to the Rescue", R.M. Ballantyne -
The two windows pinched together in each gable gave to the end of the building likeness to a hideous face.
"King Spruce, A Novel", Holman Day -
The inn has recently lost its thatch, but is still a quaint little house with the typical Yorkshire gable finished with a stone ball.
"Yorkshire Painted And Described", Gordon Home -
The gable of the new study showed among the trees, and I pointed it out to him.
"The Boys' Life of Mark Twain", Albert Bigelow Paine