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thetopend of thewallof abuilding, in theshapeof atriangle, where itmeetstheslopingpartsof aroof 山墙,三角墙Svproduction/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesParts of buildings: roofs & parts of roofs - chimney
- chimney pot
- chimney stack
- cupola
- damp-proof
- eave
- fascia
- onion dome
- pediment
- pinnacle
- rafter
- re-roof
- reshingle
- rib
- roofless
- rooftop
- slate
- soffit
- sun deck
- thatched
See more results » (Definition ofgablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- Above are the attics, which stretch the whole length of an enormously high pointed roof, with two gables and two large dormer windows on each side of it.
- But for small gables on the buttresses, it is quite plain up to the level of the roof ridge.
- Marks can also be seen, in the masonry, which indicate that the building once had three gables.
- The house was an old one, the gables fronting the street.
- Then we passed a village, the thatched cottages with their white gables rising prettily from the blossoming orchards.
gable| American Dictionarythetriangulartopend of thewallof abuildingwhere itmeetstheslopingpartsof aroof (Definition ofgablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)Examplesofgablegable Elements such as roofs, gables and windows are likely to be dictated by the structure's primary function - providing shelter and light to the building's occupants.From theCambridge English Corpus In many residential designs, bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, deck/patios, windows, doors, stairs or gables, are no more than standard architectural features.From theCambridge English Corpus Seen from the village street it presents itself as a simplegableend surmounted by a chimney.From theCambridge English Corpus There were loft conversions, several in 'pentices' (passages) between two houses with an entry below, and the addition of dormer windows in roofs and gables.From theCambridge English Corpus The self-supporting lamella and lightweight weather-boarded gables demonstrate the structural principle more effectively than drawings or photographs.From theCambridge English Corpus Thegableof the service wing dominates, marking the main gateway, the threshold to the privacy of the home.From theCambridge English Corpus Dining facade on south elevation: condensed mirror image of west stack-andhorizontal-window andgable-withvertical-windowand-chimney motifs combines references to public and private aspects of marriage. 19e.From theCambridge English Corpus The roof is a doublepitch in slate, with a chimney in eachgable.From theCambridge English Corpus To the south, above the blank wall of the study and bedchamber, is agablewith a vertical window and tall, narrow chimney.From theCambridge English Corpus The roof is low and either hipped,gable, or flat.From theCambridge English Corpus These fed into horizontal wooden ducts within the roof construction, typically the top triangle of thegable.From theCambridge English Corpus Very quickly, however, it turned into a uniform style with the double column, thegable, and the circular window as its trademarks.From theCambridge English Corpus A concrete dam holds back the slate shale, and a curious image of a house is offered by the twisted timber-panelgablewalls that her carpenter brother will build.From theCambridge English Corpus Low roof;gable, hipped, or flat *4.From theCambridge English Corpus East and west are contained by walls, while the visiblegableof the main house to left gives little away.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/gable## |