Definition of gable

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Gable (n.) A cable.

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Boatable :: Boatable (a.) Navigable for boats, or small river craft..
Circumnavigable :: Circumnavigable (a.) Capable of being sailed round.
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..
Crocket :: Crocket (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc..
Voyageable :: Voyageable (a.) That may be sailed over, as water or air; navigable..
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.
Refragable :: Refragable (a.) Capable of being refuted; refutable.
Abrogable :: Abrogable (a.) Capable of being abrogated.
Investigable :: Investigable (a.) Unsearchable; inscrutable.
Irrefragability :: Irrefragability (n.) The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapability of being refuted.
Fatigable :: Fatigable (a.) Easily tired.
Investigable :: Investigable (a.) Capable or susceptible of being investigated; admitting research.
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..
Sailable :: Sailable (a.) Capable of being sailed over; navigable; as, a sailable river..
Gablet :: Gablet (n.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc..
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..
Irrefragable :: Irrefragable (a.) Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence..
Gavel :: Gavel (n.) A gable.
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..
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