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gable

[gay-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 stood looking up at the gable to his old room.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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

The firm’s towers almost never had flat tops; instead, they had pyramids or domes or lanterns or gables or, sometimes, a combination of them all.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 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

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 Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2022

A few men, lean, wearing animal skins, look up at the gables of the king’s hall, or at the vultures circling casually beyond.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner




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