| 单词 | gable |
| 释义 | Related topics: House, Buildingsga·ble /ˈɡeɪbəl/ noun [countable] DHHTBBthe upper end of a house wall where it joins with a sloping roof and makes a shape like a triangle 山墙，三角墙 the gable end of the barn 谷仓有山墙的一端 →4 See picture of 见图 ROOF →5 see picture at 见图 roof1Examples from the Corpusgable• Ridge, hip and gable tiles are commonly displaced by gales, causing accumulation of debris in gutters, valleys and junctions.• Timber fascias and barge-boards are standard, while many pitched roof garages feature timber-clad gable ends.• In the high front gable a plaque says 1857.• Then voices would cry in the falling sigh of wind around its gables.• Attractive stone built houses in the centre of the town have decorated timber surfaces under the gables and half-hipped roofs.• The gable wall structure consists of a series of fabricated steel mullions at 3.6m centres.• Many of the houses were eighteenth century or earlier with steeply sloping red-tiled roofs and half-timbered gables painted white or pale green.Origin gable (1300-1400) Old French Old Norse gaflga·ble nounChineseSyllable of house the where upper Corpus wall a end |
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