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   ga·ble

   /ˈɡāb(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. the part of a wall that encloses the end of a pitched roof: "a house with mock-Tudor gables"
   • ▪ a wall topped with a gable.
   • ▪ a gable-shaped canopy over a window or door.

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Old Norse gafl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaffel and German Gabel ‘fork’ (the point of the gable originally being the fork of two crossed timbers supporting the end of the rooftree).

   Derivatives

   • 1. gabled adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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