Definition of gable

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Gable (n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway..

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Fathom :: Fathom (n.) A measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings..
Indefatigableness :: Indefatigableness (n.) Indefatigable quality; unweariedness; persistency.
Stranded :: Strand (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river..
Beggable :: Beggable (a.) Capable of being begged.
Mitigable :: Mitigable (a.) Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated.
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..
Uncontrollable :: Uncontrollable (a.) Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title..
Flash :: Flash (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal..
Crocket :: Crocket (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc..
Gavel :: Gavel (n.) A gable.
Crowstone :: Crowstone (n.) The top stone of the gable end of a house.
Fatigable :: Fatigable (a.) Easily tired.
Skew :: Skew (n.) A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place..
Propagable :: Propagable (a.) Capable of being spread or extended by any means; -- said of tenets, doctrines, or principles..
Fairway :: Fairway (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels..
Investigable :: Investigable (a.) Unsearchable; inscrutable.
Sasse :: Sasse (n.) A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable..
Immitigable :: Immitigable (a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased..
Quay :: Quay (n.) A mole, bank, or wharf, formed toward the sea, or at the side of a harbor, river, or other navigable water, for convenience in loading and unloading vessels..
Indefatigation :: Indefatigation (n.) Indefatigableness; unweariedness.
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