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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Gable :: Gable (n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway..
Sasse :: Sasse (n.) A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable..
Mitigable :: Mitigable (a.) Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated.
Abrogable :: Abrogable (a.) Capable of being abrogated.
Corbiestep :: Corbiestep (n.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.
Immitigable :: Immitigable (a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased..
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..
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..
Acroterium :: Acroterium (n.) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture..
Beggable :: Beggable (a.) Capable of being begged.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
Vergeboard :: Vergeboard (n.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard..
Levigable :: Levigable (v. t.) Capable of being levigated.
Indefatigation :: Indefatigation (n.) Indefatigableness; unweariedness.
Unwearied :: Unwearied (a.) Not wearied; not fatigued or tired; hence, persistent; not tiring or wearying; indefatigable..
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..
Fatigable :: Fatigable (a.) Easily tired.
Gablet :: Gablet (n.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc..
Diggable :: Diggable (a.) Capable of being dug.
Undefatigable :: Undefatigable (a.) Indefatigable.
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