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ga·ble

 (gā′bəl)
n.
1.
a. The generally triangular section of wall at the end of a pitched roof, occupying the space between the two slopes of the roof.
b. The whole end wall of a building or wing having a pitched roof.
2. A triangular, usually ornamental architectural section, as one above an arched door or window.
[Middle English gable, gavel, from Norman French gable (perhaps of Celtic origin) and from Old Norse gafl; see ghebh-el- in Indo-European roots.]
ga′bled adj.
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Adj.1.gabled - (of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall; "a gabled roof"
hipped - (of a roof) sloping on all sides; "a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables"
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Translations
مَسْقوف بِسَقْفٍ هَرَمي
sedlový
gavl-med gavl
nyeregtetős
meî gafli eîa göflum
sedlový
sivri tepelikliüçgen çatılı

gabled

[ˈgeɪbld] ADJ [houses, roofs] → (con tejado) a dos aguas
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gabled

[ˈgeɪbəld] adj [house] → à pignon(s); [roof] → sur pignon(s)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

gabled

adj → Giebel-; gabled house/roof → Giebelhaus/-dach nt
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gable

(ˈgeibl) noun
the triangular part of the side wall of a building between the sloping parts of the roof.
ˈgabled adjective
a gabled roof.
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