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Topic: HOUSE

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: Old Norse gafl

gable

 noun
     
ga‧ble [countable]
DHHTBB the upper end of a house wall where it joins with a sloping roof and makes a shape like a triangle:
the gable end of the barn
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