Definition of gable

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Gable (n.) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side..

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Innavigable :: Innavigable (a.) Incapable of being navigated; impassable by ships or vessels.
Bargecourse :: Bargecourse (n.) A part of the tiling which projects beyond the principal rafters, in buildings where there is a gable..
Carry :: Carry (n.) A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage..
Propagable :: Propagable (a.) Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production..
Dormer Window :: Dormer window (n.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained..
Refragable :: Refragable (a.) Capable of being refuted; refutable.
Pediment :: 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..
Litigable :: Litigable (a.) Such as can be litigated.
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath..
Indefatigability :: Indefatigability (n.) The state of being indefatigable.
Portage :: Portage (n.) A carry between navigable waters. See 3d Carry.
Beggable :: Beggable (a.) Capable of being begged.
Voyageable :: Voyageable (a.) That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable..
Propagable :: Propagable (a.) Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles..
Stranded :: Strand (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river..
Indefatigation :: Indefatigation (n.) Indefatigableness; unweariedness.
Obligable :: Obligable (a.) Acknowledging, or complying with, obligation; trustworthy..
Pinnacle :: 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..
Immitigable :: Immitigable (a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased..
Gable :: 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..
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