noun. undefined

noun. The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.

noun. The whole end wall of a building or wing having a pitched roof.

noun. A triangular, usually ornamental architectural section, as one above an arched door or window.

noun. A cable.

noun. In architecture, the end of a ridged roof which at its extremity is not hipped or returned on itself, but cut off in a vertical plane, together with the triangular expanse of wall from the level of the eaves to the apex: distinguished from a pediment in that the cornice is not carried across the base of the triangle.

noun. Any architectural member having the form of a gable, as a triangular canopy over a window or a doorway.

noun. The end-wall of a house; a gable-end.

noun. In mech., the outer end or tip of the crank in a cranked axle or shaft. The finishing of this is termed cutting the gable.

To give to a roof a gable or gabled end.

noun. A cable.

noun. 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.

noun. The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.

noun. A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.

noun. See under Bell.

noun. a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end.

noun. Same as Gable (b).

noun. a window in a gable.

noun. The triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs.

noun. United States film actor (1901-1960)

noun. the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof

"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."