gable roof
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gable roof
n.
See pitched roof.
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ga′ble roof`
n.
a roof sloping downward from a central ridge so as to leave a gable at each end.
[1840–50]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() gambrel, gambrel roof - a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper ridgepole, rooftree, ridge - a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters roof - a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building |
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