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gable

Part of speech: Noun

The triangular end of a building.

Usage examples "gable":

The western front is of unusual appearance in that the southern tower glances off into the angle of the gable in most curious fashion; not beautiful, nor as originally intended to remain, but so it is, and offers at least a comparison of how a lofty gable looks when it lacks towers of an appropriate height. - "The Cathedrals of Northern France", Francis Miltoun.
Cummings dropped the line and sat down, burying his hot face in his arms, for they all saw that Vanrevel thought " it was no use," but a question of a few minutes, and they would retreat across the gable and either jump or go down with the roof. - "The Two Vanrevels", Booth Tarkington.
As he approached the house, he saw from the old clock in the gable of the northern front that it was two o'clock. - "Elizabeth's Campaign", Mrs. Humphrey Ward.