gable roof
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Origin of gable roof
First recorded in 1840–50
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Her “chief feline officer” orange tabby Serena enjoys a black gable roof catio connected by a 30-foot elevated tunnel to a wall cat door in her dining room.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023
That is where they built their current Colonial-style home with a gable roof and hardwood floors, three bedrooms and four full baths, according to local property records.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023
Todd Brunner buys this home, with three upstairs bedrooms and a steep, gable roof, in the spring of 2003.
From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022
It was styled to match the owner’s house with a flying gable roof.
From Washington Times • Sep. 9, 2017
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It is two stories high, with a third story of attic chambers in the gable roof.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
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