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gable roof
noun
a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
Other Word Forms
- gable-roofed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of gable roof1
Example Sentences
Chicken barns have massive fans at each end of the gable roof.
That is where they built their current Colonial-style home with a gable roof and hardwood floors, three bedrooms and four full baths, according to local property records.
Composite libraries are available with a composite arched or slanted roof, while wood libraries generally have a slanted metal shed roof or gable roof.
Some have gable roofs; others have mansard roofs.
But lately Ms. Stern has taken to shooting gable roofs, gravestones, treetops, and fish-clutching birds of prey in a washed-out and gentle black and white that makes me think of charcoal rubbings.
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