gable window
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of gable window
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50
Example Sentences
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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
From a quaint gable window of this abode she had a view of the sea over the houses in front.
From The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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 Heman White Chaplin
We sat together on the shavings that littered the bench before the high gable window, and looked out over the brooks and the woods and the ponds.
From The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
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