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a
: the vertical triangular end of a building from cornice or eaves to ridge
b
: the similar end of a gambrel roof
c
: the end wall of a building
2
: a triangular part or structure
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Box Gable: On a box gable, the gable's end is closed and the wall stops below the start of the gable.
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
The entire gable was leaning dangerously inward and had to be rebuilt.
—Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Wide lawns skirted the structure, which had several gables arranged cheerfully around a river-stone chimney.
—Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The parallel glass gables of its roof rise and fall like an abstract hillscape.
—airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2024
The entire gable was leaning dangerously inward and had to be rebuilt.
—Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Wide lawns skirted the structure, which had several gables arranged cheerfully around a river-stone chimney.
—Marcela Valdes, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
The parallel glass gables of its roof rise and fall like an abstract hillscape.
—airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for gable
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“Gable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gable. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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