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Word entry · 5 letters

gable

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"Triangular roof end"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡeɪ.bəl/Part of speech nounSorted abeglStarts with GEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Triangular upper wall at the end of a sloping roof.

Word origin

The southern English term gable probably came from Old French gable (compare modern French gâble), from Old Norse gafl. The northern form gavel is perhaps also akin to Old Norse gafl, masculine, of the same meaning (compare Swedish gavel, Danish gavl). See gafl for more etymology information.

Used in a sentence

  • It was a queer sort of place—a gable-ended old house, one side palsied as it were, and leaning over sadly.
  • Qionglin Village in Kinhu with its well-preserved ancestral halls, arches, and old Fujian-style houses with interesting gables is famous for having more shrines than any other village on Kinmen.
  • First, striking sail, their tacklings then they loosed. And (with their gables stoop'd) their mast imposed Into the mast-room.

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