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

Chicken barns have massive fans at each end of the gable roof.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

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

Dusty fingers of sunlight reached through the skylight and the narrow slates of a gable vent at the opposite end of the room.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros