The Meaning of gable

• (n.) A cable.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.
• (n.) A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.

Synonyms

gable end , gable wall , Gable , Clark Gable , William Clark Gable

Rhymes

abel , abell , able , cable , chaebol , crable , disable , enable , fable , frable , habile , hable , intercable , kable , knable , label , laible , mabel , mable , mislabel , playbill , rabal , raible , relabel , roundtable , sable , stabile , stable , table , timetable , turntable , unable , unstable , waibel , waybill , zabel