gable roof

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.

Other Word Forms

• gable-roofed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gable roof¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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

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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.

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Composite libraries are available with a composite arched or slanted roof, while wood libraries generally have a slanted metal shed roof or gable roof.

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Some have gable roofs; others have mansard roofs.

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But lately Ms. Stern has taken to shooting gable roofs, gravestones, treetops, and fish-clutching birds of prey in a washed-out and gentle black and white that makes me think of charcoal rubbings.

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