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- Gable - n. - A cable.
- Gable - n. - The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like.
- Gable - n. - The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.
- Gable - n. - A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.
- Gablet - n. - A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.
- Vergeboard - n. - The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard.
- Pediment - n. - Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.
- Crowstone - n. - The top stone of the gable end of a house.
- Verge - n. - The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
- Pinnacle - n. - An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
- Corbiestep - n. - One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.