gable end

1. 1.

   the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof

   Synonymsgablegable wall

   Broaderwall

   Narrowerbell gablecorbie gablepediment

Questions about gable end

What does gable end mean?

gable end means "the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof".

What is another word for gable end?

Close synonyms include gable, gable wall. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gable end a common word?

gable end is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.