gable roof : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gable roof	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gable roof
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gable roof n a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end Synonym(s): gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gable \Ga"ble\, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. [?] head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows.] (Arch.) (a) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence: (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway. {Bell gable}. See under {Bell}. {Gable roof}, a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end. {Gable wall}. Same as {Gable} (b) . {Gable window}, a window in a gable.