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Despite their regal name — shared with the area of London slightly to the north of Selhurst Park where Palace originally played — the club did not have the money for the brick detailing, roof gables and fancy trimmings that Leitch added to Highbury and Stamford Bridge.—Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024 The 1,000-sq-ft (95-sq-m) cabin is a modern reimagining of traditional A-frame cabins, with the unique incorporation of a split roof design and two intersecting gables.—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024 There’s also the Indoor Floor Lamp E10 and a set of Permanent Outdoor Lights E22 that stick to your gables and light up your home.—Simon Hill, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2024 Specific features such as gables and turrets may also be a location for an alternate, stand-out siding selection.—Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for gable
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, borrowed from Anglo-French, going back to Latin gabulus, gabulum "gibbet" (borrowed from Celtic *gablo- "fork," whence Old Irish gabul "fork, gibbet, groin," Welsh gafl "fork, groin"), perhaps influenced in sense by northern Middle English and Scots gavel "triangular end of a building," borrowed from Old Norse gafl
Note:
The word gable, attested only in Anglo-French and the French of Normandy, is unlikely to be a loan from Old Norse, which would have resulted in *gavle. Old Norse gafl appears to correspond to Old High German gibil "gable," Middle Dutch and Middle Low German gevel, and Gothic gibla, though the divergence in vocalism is unexplained.
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