gabled

[ gey-buhld ]

adjective

1. provided with a gable or gables:

   a gabled house.

2. built with a gable or gables.

Other Words From

• un·gabled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gabled¹

First recorded in 1840–50; gable + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Originally, there was a huge gabled attic bedroom that required ascending a steep stairway.

From Washington Blade

As English houses go, this gabled red brick Victorian is neither especially beautiful nor significant.

From The 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.

From Project Gutenberg

In Devonshire, particularly among the farmers and poorer classes, the ridged coffin is very general, the end being gabled.

From Project Gutenberg

A gabled shingled roof was commonly used; wherever they could be afforded, dormer windows were added.

From Project Gutenberg

It has one complete story topped by a steep gabled roof with dormers and with two T-shaped chimneys.

From Project Gutenberg

Adjacent to the church is St Peter's hospital, a picturesque gabled building of Jacobean and earlier date, with a fine court room.

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