Associations to the word «Gable»

Wiktionary

GABLE, noun. (architecture) The triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs.
GABLE, noun. A cable.
GABLE END, noun. (architecture) The side of a building which is topped by a gable
GABLE ROOF, noun. (roofing) a single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends.
GABLE ROOFS, noun. Plural of gable roof

Dictionary definition

GABLE, noun. The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
GABLE, noun. United States film actor (1901-1960).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats