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GABLE WALL

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• GABLE WALL (noun)
The noun GABLE WALL has 1 sense:

1. the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof

Familiarity information: GABLE WALL used as a noun is very rare.

• GABLE WALL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gable; gable end; gable wall

Hypernyms ("gable wall" is a kind of...):

wall (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gable wall"):

bell gable (an extension of a gable that serves as a bell cote)

corbie gable ((architecture) a gable having corbie-steps or corbel steps)

pediment (a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof)

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