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GABLED
gabled
(adjective) (of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall; “a gabled roof”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gabled (not comparable)
Having one or more gables.
Source: Wiktionary
GABLE
Ga"ble, n.
Definition: A cable. [Archaic] Chapman.
Ga"ble, n. Etym: [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows.] (Arch.) (a) 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. Hence: (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway. Bell gable. See under Bell.
– Gable roof, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end.
– Gable wall. Same as Gable (b).
– Gable window, a window in a gable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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