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Gable wall   /gˈeɪbəl wɔl/   Listen
Gable wall

noun
1.
The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.  Synonyms: gable, gable end.






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"Gable wall" Quotes from Famous Books



... ceilings of moorland turf: a few books on a shelf, thumbed by many a thumb; a few hams drying above head in the smoke, which was in no haste to get out at the roof—a wooden settle, some oak chairs, chaff beds well covered with blankets, with a fire of peat and wood burning at a distance from the gable wall, on the middle of the floor. His food was as homely as his habitation, and consisted chiefly of oatmeal-porridge, barley-broth, and potatoes, and milk. How the muse happened to visit him in this clay biggin, take a fancy to a clouterly ...
— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. • Robert Burns and Allan Cunningham



Words linked to "Gable wall" :   pediment, gable end, wall, gable, corbie gable, bell gable



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