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The triangle where roof meets wall, quietly deciding whether rain stays out or moves in.
means The triangular upper portion of a wall, formed where two sloping sides of a roof meet at a ridge.
from From Old Norse 'gafl,' which traveled into English likely by way of Old French 'gable,' itself borrowed from the same Norse root. It traces back to a Germanic family suggesting a fork or peak — a cousin, possibly, of words for the head or top of something. The shape was always the point: a wall that rises to a peak, like a forehead beneath the slope of a roof.
- name origin
- From Old Norse gafl, meaning the end of a building
- steeper north
- Snowy regions favor sharp pitches to shed weight
- victorian flair
- Decorative bargeboards turned plain gables into lacework showpieces
- front-gable churches
- That pointed facade signals the steeple from afar
for instance
clark gable — american actor, starred in gone with the wind (1939), won oscar for it happened one night (1934)
gable house — historic victorian mansion in bakersfield, california, built 1892