gable window

American  

noun

1. a window in or under a gable.

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gable window British  

noun

1. a window positioned in a gable or having a small gable over it

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Other Word Forms

• gable-windowed
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of gable window

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

Example Sentences

By contrast, the "big room" at Bear Creek feels like a cathedral, with its struts and open roof beams, wood-framed windows, Oriental rug and 30-foot-high gable window funneling soft streams of light.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2013

He walked down to the end of the loft and looked out the high gable window at the country below, the pieced land dead and gray, the fence, the road.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

"Can you see the house from your north gable window?" asked Mrs. Hand, a little absently.

From The Queen's Twin and Other Stories by Jewett, Sarah Orne

Betty, who had preceded him upstairs, and announced him, walked across the room, took up a position at the gable window, and feigned an interest in our grocer neighbour's back-yard.

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing

There was a substantial house, with four large rooms below, besides an L kitchen, and above, two sunny chambers, each with a dormer and a gable window.

From Five Hundred Dollars First published in the "Century Magazine" by Chaplin, Heman White