gabled

[ gey-buhld ]

/ ˈgeɪ bəld /

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provided with a gable or gables: a gabled house.

built with a gable or gables.

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First recorded in 1840–50; gable + -ed³

un·ga·bled, adjective

As English houses go, this gabled red brick Victorian is neither especially beautiful nor significant.
Great New Reads|The Daily Beast|October 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The road led to an old fashioned, high gabled farm-house at the foot of the hill; the only tenement visible from that lonely spot.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
In Devonshire, particularly among the farmers and poorer classes, the ridged coffin is very general, the end being gabled.
Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853|Various
A gabled shingled roof was commonly used; wherever they could be afforded, dormer windows were added.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey

It has one complete story topped by a steep gabled roof with dormers and with two T-shaped chimneys.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Adjacent to the church is St Peter's hospital, a picturesque gabled building of Jacobean and earlier date, with a fine court room.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various