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gable

[gey-buhl] / ˈgeɪ bəl /


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Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

Chicken barns have massive fans at each end of the gable roof.

From Seattle Times Jun. 3, 2024

The Federation also has plans for a gable end mural near where the book was printed to commemorate the lasting legacy of Robert Burns in the town.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2023

That is where they built their current Colonial-style home with a gable roof and hardwood floors, three bedrooms and four full baths, according to local property records.

From Washington Post Jan. 13, 2023

He could mingle with the big groups that stumbled off the boats and raced through town for a few hours, photographing everything that looked old with a bit of gold on its gable.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

These furry creatures are a familiar sight, known to roost in chimneys and in the gables of old churches.

From Science Magazine Nov. 20, 2023

Successive Greek governments have lobbied for the return of the British Museum’s share of the works, which include statues from the Parthenon’s pediments - the all-marble building’s gables.

From Washington Times Dec. 3, 2022

Their furniture, with dynamic diagonal supports and imposing scale, had “the presence of small buildings, complete with gables, balustrades, capitals, columns and doors,” Ms. Veith and Ms. Harvey write.

From New York Times Sep. 2, 2021

Hohnen bought the Milwood Avenue property for $1.95 million in 2014 and quickly took the homes down to framing, then rebuilt with replicated gables and rooflines.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 3, 2020

With its rising towers, limestone columns, and jutting gables, it resembled a small fortress, as inaccessible as it was foreboding.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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