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gable roof

American  

noun

  1. a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.


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Etymology

Origin of gable roof

First recorded in 1840–50


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Chicken barns have massive fans at each end of the gable roof.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024

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

Nearly two centuries later, the simple white country house that he named Sandycombe Lodge, a narrow two-story edifice with a gable roof and one-story wings, has fallen into disrepair.

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2016

In a field appeared the solitary farm house, with its steep gable roof and an open barn by the road side tempted him to rest a moment.

From The Children of the World by Paul Heyse

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