noun
the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
• Syn: ↑gable, ↑gable wall
• Hypernyms: ↑wall
• Hyponyms: ↑bell gable, ↑corbie gable, ↑pediment
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nounEtymology: Middle English gable ende, from gable + ende end — more at end
: a gabled end wall (as of a wing of a building)
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—gable-ended, adj.
an end wall bearing a gable.
[1300-50; ME]
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gable end noun
The end wall of a building on the side where there is a gable
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Main Entry: ↑gable
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gable end,
an end wall with a gable.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.