GABLE


Meaning of GABLE in English

/ ˈgeɪbl; NAmE / noun

the upper part of the end wall of a building, between the two sloping sides of the roof, that is shaped like a triangle

—picture at house

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : via Old French from Old Norse gafl , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaffel and German Gabel fork (the point of the gable originally being the fork of two crossed timbers supporting the end of the roof-tree).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.