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gable

[gay-buhl] / ˈgeɪ bəl /


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The council said the building's 19th Century façade had been "fully stabilised" with supporting steel beams, while the eastern gable was reduced in height by almost two metres in order to make it secure.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

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 sawed wood and made a gable for the millhouse roof and shingles to cover it.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

My house has gables and skylights, so surface area for solar is limited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

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

Their furniture, with dynamic diagonal supports and imposing scale, had “the presence of small buildings, complete with gables, balustrades, capitals, columns and doors,” Ms. Veith and Ms. Harvey write.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021

The tank rolled past the affluent homes, the gables and turrets, the porte cocheres.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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