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fractable

[ frak-tuh-buhl ]

noun

, Architecture.
  1. a coping concealing the slopes of the roof, especially one having an ornamental silhouette.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fractable1

1680–90; obsolete fract broken, cracked ( fracture ) + -able

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