double-gable roof
1Gable roof — Gable Ga ble, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. ? head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork …
2gable roof — noun Date: 1850 a double sloping roof that forms a gable at each end …
3gable roof — noun a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end • Syn: ↑saddle roof, ↑saddleback, ↑saddleback roof • Hypernyms: ↑roof • Hyponyms: ↑gambrel, ↑gambrel roof …
4Roof pitch — Relates to the slope and inclination angle of a roof in building construction. A roof is considered pitched with a gradient greater than 15 degrees (slope greater than 3.215 in 12).Carpenters frame (build) rafters to pitch a roof. A roof s pitch… …
5Gable — Ga ble, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. ? head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS.… …
6Gable wall — Gable Ga ble, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. ? head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork …
7Gable window — Gable Ga ble, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. ? head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork …
8Bell gable — Gable Ga ble, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. ? head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork …
9Mansard roof — redirects here. For the Vampire Weekend song, see Mansard Roof (song). A mansard roof on the Château de Dampierre (1675–1683), by Jules Hardouin Mansart, great nephew of François Mansart. A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof) is a …
10saddle roof — noun a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end • Syn: ↑gable roof, ↑saddleback, ↑saddleback roof • Hypernyms: ↑roof • Hyponyms: ↑gambrel, ↑gambrel roof …
