gable window
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- gable-windowed adjective
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
She went over to the window, the small, shy gable window that looked on to the road.
From The Three Sisters by Sinclair, May
She was standing at the round gable window, vacantly looking down into our neighbour's back-yard.
From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing
It was near midnight when he returned to Kvaerk, where Aasa sat in her high gable window, still humming the weird melody of the old ballad.
From Tales from Two Hemispheres by Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth
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