gable roof

noun

1. a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.

Other Words From

• gable-roofed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of gable roof¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

They nested in their old corner under the eaves of Caspar's gable-roof.

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The soil is usually hard and dry, and the water runs off as though from a gable roof.

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The knoll which Bertha and Sire had descended made a grade like the pitch of an old gable roof.

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The Meyer home was altered soon afterwards, a gable roof and additional windows being added.

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At last it alighted on a lofty gable-roof, on whose ridge was its firmly-fastened nest.

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