Gable
noun
The part of the wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof from the ridge to the eaves.
The house has a steeply pitched gable roof.
Often appears as...
- pitched gable
- gable roof
noun
A decorative feature, such as a triangular projection over a portico, window, door, etc.
Above the entrance, there is a beautifully carved gable.
Often appears as...
- gable end
- front gable
Usage tips
Architectural
noun
The part of the wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof from the ridge to the eaves.
The house has a steeply pitched gable roof.
Often appears as...
- pitched gable
- gable roof
noun
A decorative feature, such as a triangular projection over a portico, window, door, etc.
Above the entrance, there is a beautifully carved gable.
Often appears as...
- gable end
- front gable
Usage tips
Architectural
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Roof Shape
A gable is typically found on houses with a triangular roof shape.
Old cottages often have a charming gable under the thatched roof.
Pro Tip 2/3Not on Flat Roofs
Flat roofs do not have gables; gables are associated with slanted roofs.
Modern commercial buildings rarely feature a gable.
Pro Tip 3/3Traditional Architecture
Gables are common in traditional residential architecture, especially in Europe and North America.
The Victorian home featured two gables in its design.
Pro Tip 1/3Roof Shape
A gable is typically found on houses with a triangular roof shape.
Old cottages often have a charming gable under the thatched roof.
Pro Tip 2/3Not on Flat Roofs
Flat roofs do not have gables; gables are associated with slanted roofs.
Modern commercial buildings rarely feature a gable.
Pro Tip 3/3Traditional Architecture
Gables are common in traditional residential architecture, especially in Europe and North America.
The Victorian home featured two gables in its design.
Pro Tip 1/3Roof Shape
A gable is typically found on houses with a triangular roof shape.
Old cottages often have a charming gable under the thatched roof.
Pro Tip 2/3Not on Flat Roofs
Flat roofs do not have gables; gables are associated with slanted roofs.
Modern commercial buildings rarely feature a gable.
Pro Tip 3/3Traditional Architecture
Gables are common in traditional residential architecture, especially in Europe and North America.
The Victorian home featured two gables in its design.
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nice now that I'm done with the pond I can go up and help these guys with the excavator setting all the roof beams and the trusses and get this roof going this way today's a good day so far we are getting our gable which is the kind of
Video examples
Off To School PIPE Building...
nice now that I'm done with the pond I can go up and help these guys with the excavator setting all the roof beams and the trusses and get this roof going this way today's a good day so far we are getting our gable which is the kind of
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Quote examples
Adriana Trigiani
American Novelist
All the Stars in the Heavens' takes place during the golden age of Hollywood, around an imagined story about Loretta Young; Clark Gable; Alda, a young woman with a secret who is preparing to become a nun but is cast out of her convent; and the scenic artist she meets on the set of 'The Call of the Wild.' It's a big, lush historical novel.
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Miranda Seymour
English Critic
My brother and I shared an isolated area at the top of the house; we would clamber over the roof and gables and grow our imaginations. But it didn't feel ideal at the time.
Quote examples
Adriana Trigiani
American Novelist
All the Stars in the Heavens' takes place during the golden age of Hollywood, around an imagined story about Loretta Young; Clark Gable; Alda, a young woman with a secret who is preparing to become a nun but is cast out of her convent; and the scenic artist she meets on the set of 'The Call of the Wild.' It's a big, lush historical novel.
Quote examples
Miranda Seymour
English Critic
My brother and I shared an isolated area at the top of the house; we would clamber over the roof and gables and grow our imaginations. But it didn't feel ideal at the time.
Example 1 of 2
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