Meaning Of The Word Gable

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gable
countable noun: A gable is the triangular part at the top of the end wall of a building, between the two sloping sides of the roof.

Gable in American English
(William) Clark1901-60; U.S. film actor
the triangular wall enclosed by the sloping ends of a ridged roof
to put a gable or gables on
noun: the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof

gable in British English
noun: (William) Clark. 1901–60, US film actor. His films include It Happened One Night (1934), San Francisco (1936), Gone with the Wind (1939), Mogambo (1953), and The Misfits (1960)
noun: the triangular upper part of a wall between the sloping ends of a pitched roof

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