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gable

[gey-buhl] / ˈgeɪ bəl /


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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 Federation also has plans for a gable end mural near where the book was printed to commemorate the lasting legacy of Robert Burns in the town.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2023

The entrance hall had its own gable tile roof.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 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

She raced across the steep pitch of the gable.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

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

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

The triangular wooden frames fitted into the gables were intricately carved, the light that slanted through them and fell in patterns on the floor was full of secrets.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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