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Look up: Gable

  1. Gable
    Wall covering end of roof ridge.
    Found on http://www.castlesontheweb.com/glossary.

  2. gable
    [n] - United States film actor (1901-1960) 2. [n] - the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Gable
    wall covering end of roof-ridge
    Found on http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.

  4. Gable
    Upper part of an outer wall at the end of a pitched roof.
    Found on http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/

  5. Gable
    Triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a ridged roof.
    Found on http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/self-build

  6. Gable
    Triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a ridged roof.
    Found on http://selfbuildhome.net/self-build-glos

  7. gable
    The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.
    Found on http://www.acheson-glover.com/community/

  8. Gable
    The point where a wall may reach the point of a roof. Often this will have become ornamental, e.g. a bell gable.
    Found on http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k

  9. gable
    The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.
    Found on http://www.acheson-glover.com/community/

  10. Gable
    The triangular upper portion of a wall to carry a pitched roof.
    Found on http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/crsbi/frglossary.

  11. Gable
    The end of a wall that goes up into the roof, usually triangular shaped, but can be a variety of shapes.
    Found on http://www.architecture.com/HowWeBuiltBr

  12. Gable
    Ga'ble noun A cable. [ Archaic] Chapman.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/1

  13. Gable
    Ga'ble noun [ Middle English gable , gabil , French gable , from Late Latin gabalum front of a building, probably of German or Scand. origin; confer Old High German gibil , German giebel gable, Icelandic gafl , Goth. gibla pinnacle; perhaps akin to Greek ... head, and English cephalic , or to German gabel fork, Anglo-Saxon ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/1

  14. gable
    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: ... The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. ... A decorative member having the shape of a triangular ga ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  15. gable
    gable end noun the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. Gable
    A `gable` is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the lines of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used (which is often related to climate and availability of materials) and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable. In Classic Greek and Roman architecture, the analogous feature is called the tympanum. Strictly spea...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gable

  17. Gable
    • (n.) A cable. • (n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway. • (n.) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. • (n.) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. gable
    triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, extending from the eaves to the peak. The gables in Classical Greek temples are called ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/1

  19. Gable
    - The end, upper, triangular area of a home, beneath the roof.
    Found on http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossa

  20. Gable
      The upper portion of a sidewall that comes to a triangular point at the ridge of a sloping roof.
    Found on http://www.pmel.org/Roofing-Glossary.htm

  21. GABLE
    The end of a building as distinguished from the front or rear side. The triangular end of an exterior wall from the level of the eaves to the ridge of a double-sloped roof.
    Found on http://www.proofrock.com/construction_te

  22. Gable
    The triangular portion of a roof located above the elevation of the eave line of a double sloped roof.
    Found on http://www.hancockjoist.com/glossary.htm


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