Plural of gable

regular plural

The plural of gable is gables.

Forms of gable

End-gables were common in medieval northern European and particularly Dutch buildings, but central gables set into the long side of roofs were more unusual and became the quintessential feature of the Cape Dutch style.2002, Tony Pinchuck, Barbara McCrea, South Africa, →ISBN
Qionglin Village in Kinhu with its well-preserved ancestral halls, arches, and old Fujian-style houses with interesting gables is famous for having more shrines than any other village on Kinmen.2017 March, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd...
Their favorite activity was roof riding, climbing the house's many steep gables.2008, Elizabeth Hickey, The Wayward Muse: A Novel. From the entry roof riding
It consists of three stories with two gables both on the south- and northsides.1903, H. Henkenius, Guide through Heidelberg and its environs. From the entry northside
Palliser gave the Brush house a complex massing, with a rounded extension on the left and pedimented gables.2007 September 23, Christopher Gray, “Kissing Cousins at 100: Only One Shows Its Age”, in New York Times. From the entry pedimented

noun The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
noun A cable.

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