gable

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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

The gable end of a Co-op store at Denny near Falkirk collapsed but there were no reports of injuries.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

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

Todd Brunner buys this home, with three upstairs bedrooms and a steep, gable roof, in the spring of 2003.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

Before I follow, I stop at the gable end of a bombed-out block to wait for my little brother.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell