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
Rather than catching fire from direct contact with flames, many homes begin to burn due to embers that can fly miles, entering through eaves or gable vents.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
That is where they built their current Colonial-style home with a gable roof and hardwood floors, three bedrooms and four full baths, according to local property records.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 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
I was checking out the brass eagle weather vane on top when something caught my eye, a shadow in the uppermost window of the attic gable.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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Inspired by cinema setpieces and centuries-old European cottages, architects designed playful homes with turrets and gables on the outside and nooks and crannies on the inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
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
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
Relatively few people are old enough to recall this unpretentious 1906 home, with charming third-floor gables and a second-floor bay window.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
A mansion by any account, three stories and all gables and massive windows—many of them broken now—and fancy brickwork.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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