gable
/ˈɡeɪ.bəl/ noun C2- The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
Plural gables
From the library
“Well, did you find Diana a kindred spirit?” asked Marilla as they went up through the garden of Green Gables.
A subdued slam above told that the door of the east gable had been shut with equal vehemence.
In all essential respects the little gable chamber was unchanged.
The Manor House, with its many gables and its small diamond-paned windows, was still much as the builder had left it in the early seventeenth century.
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