gable

IPA: gˈeɪbʌɫ

(architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
(obsolete) A cable.
A surname.

Examples of "gable" in Sentences

Two all-weather-wicker chaises face each other under the main gable.
On the gable was a newer sign heralding "Jared Chick & Father, Inventors."
At the apex of the gable is a niche containing a small statue of St. Peter.
Above the gable is a further arch, the ribs of which join the gable at its exterior angles.
At Clackmannan the dial on the lower end of a gable is circular on a square basis, and surmounted by a cherub's head.
The gable is a low slope like the present roof, but the slope of the old gable and roof may be seen upon the east wall of the transept.
At each side of the gable is a pinnacle, almost a copy of those on the front, except that the lowest stage is here octagonal instead of square.
The wall felt warm to her back and shoulders, and she found that immediately within the gable was the cottage fireplace, the heat of which came through the bricks.
One lord of Ulland had expressed his fancy on the eastern façade in gable and sculptured gargoyle; another his fear or his defiance in the squat and sturdy tower with its cautious slits in lieu of windows.
The south end of the Transept differs from the north in the arrangement of the windows; in the gable is a low Perpendicular window of seven lights, sunk within a deep recess; the north end has in the upper tier two large Perpendicular windows side by side.