gable Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof
    gable end; gable wall.
  2. noun United States film actor (1901-1960)
    William Clark Gable; Clark Gable.

WordNet

Ga"ble noun
Definitions
  1. A cable. Archaic Chapman.
Ga"ble noun
Etymology
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. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) (a) The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like. Hence: (b) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side. (c) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.

Webster 1913