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gabled

[ US /ˈɡeɪbəɫd/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈe‍ɪbə‍ld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (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

How To Use gabled In A Sentence

  • The buildings are usually gabled, with rows of tiles along the ridges of the roofs.
  • Two gabled mansions with curly upturned eaves are connected by a horizontal two-storey section, topped with yellow-bodied, blue-headed dragons with large pointy teeth and tails thrashing the air.
  • Within three days Reverend Thorn approached one of the most gracious villages ever to have developed in America: the tree-lined, white-clapboarded, well-gabled village of Walpole, near the Connecticut River in southwestern New Hampshire. Hawaii
  • A shallow gabled roof covered with translucent fiberglass shelters the area from rain and drizzle without blocking the light.
  • White-painted cedar clapboards cover its gabled forms, which are topped by classic standing-seam metal roofs.
  • We'd stroll the whole crescent "U" of, say, Keizersgracht (Emperor's canal), past majestic gabled manses, cozy gabled houses, small boats with a few folk tippling rose and tour boats with tourists roaring beerily into the twilight. Barry Yourgrau: Walking with Joy: Amsterdam
  • a gabled roof
  • The exterior walls sweep up three stories to a gabled roof. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
  • The multi-level hipped and gabled roof forms one of the project's most striking features.
  • Eerie sounds emit from the dark, gabled building just about 50 meters from her bedroom window, from which she peeks and stares, trying to decipher what unsavory shenanigans are being committed over there.
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