gable
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Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
The entrance hall had its own gable tile roof.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
It is thought that the carvings which came from Holy Trinity include a flower and two gable ends.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2023
Todd Brunner buys this home, with three upstairs bedrooms and a steep, gable roof, in the spring of 2003.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2022
It portrayed the young leader as a happy, hug- gable family man.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
These furry creatures are a familiar sight, known to roost in chimneys and in the gables of old churches.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 20, 2023
The firm’s towers almost never had flat tops; instead, they had pyramids or domes or lanterns or gables or, sometimes, a combination of them all.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2023
Successive Greek governments have lobbied for the return of the British Museum’s share of the works, which include statues from the Parthenon’s pediments - the all-marble building’s gables.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 3, 2022
Hohnen bought the Milwood Avenue property for $1.95 million in 2014 and quickly took the homes down to framing, then rebuilt with replicated gables and rooflines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 3, 2020
It seemed more like Doom Manor than Daffodil Manor, since there wasn’t a flower in sight, just imposing gables and a wrought iron fence.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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