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gable window

American  

noun

  1. a window in or under a gable.


gable window British  

noun

  1. a window positioned in a gable or having a small gable over it

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 the gable window she could see something I could not.

From Deep Moat Grange by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

Abby Williams looked out from the gable window of her little chamber, and saw the action.

From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)

His mother, who did not know of the change, calling one afternoon, sat on an easy chair, close by the gable window, knitting.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various

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