Meaning

2 senses
  1. The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

    Giebel

    щипе́цščipéc

    щипе́цьščypécʹ

    the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof

  2. (obsolete)A cable.

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Anne peeped out from her frosted gable window with delighted eyes.

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  2. Dutch barns, for instance, had gable roofs — and often a cupola for ventilation.

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  3. Anne was standing in the gable room, looking solemnly at three new dresses spread out on the bed.

    deAnne stand im Giebelzimmer und betrachtete ehrfurchtsvoll drei auf dem Bett ausgebreitete neue Kleider.

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  4. Then she shut herself in the east gable room and wept all her shame and remorse and disappointment into her pillows.

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  5. Mary is reading Ann of Green Gables.

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Translations

9 languages
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By meaning 1
triangular area of wall:
Русский
By meaning 1
triangular area of wall:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
triangular area of wall:

Origin

The southern English term gable probably came from Old French gable (compare modern French

The southern English term gable probably came from Old French gable (compare modern French gâble), from Old Norse gafl. The northern form gavel is perhaps also akin to Old Norse gafl, masculine, of the same meaning (compare Swedish gavel, Danish gavl). See gafl for more etymology information.

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Forms

plural: gables
Singulargable
Pluralgables

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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