gable end

IPA: gˈeɪbʌɫˈɛnd

Examples of "gable-end" in Sentences

Same with cocked hats; the cocks form gable-end eave-troughs, Flask.
Fig. 143: Detail of fixing the ridge ventilator to the gable-end wall.
The gable-end of the cottage was stained with wet, and the eavesdroppings flapped against the wall.
Note the arches: semi-circular (verandah), Dutch (doors and windows), and corbel (upper ventilation of the gable-end).
Buildings that lack a solid foundation, such as mobile homes, are usually destroyed, and gable-end roofs are peeled off.
The wooden walls of the house -- that is, its front and west gable-end -- are still protected from the sun by the roof (common to the house proper and the terrace).
The road up which Westerman had ridden led under the garden-wall to the farm-yard, but another road from the front, running along the gable-end of the house, communicated with it.
He trotted up till he faced the garden-wall, and then turned short round to the house, and as he rode close up under the gable-end, he gave Sergeant Craucher directions to take three men and force the door; but he and the sergeant soon saw that this trouble was spared them, for the door stood wide open before them.