Gable (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun Architecture.
  1. the portion of the front or side of a building enclosed by or masking the end of a pitched roof.
  2. a decorative member suggesting a gable, used especially in Gothic architecture.
  3. a wall bearing a gable.
noun
  1. U.S. film actor.
noun
  1. the triangular upper part of a wall between the sloping ends of a pitched roof (gable roof)
  2. a triangular ornamental feature in the form of a gable, esp as used over a door or window
  3. the triangular wall on both ends of a gambrel roof
noun
  1. (William) Clark. 1901–60, US film actor. His films include It Happened One Night (1934), San Francisco (1936), Gone with the Wind (1939), Mogambo (1953), and The Misfits (1960)
Gable (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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