[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gable.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / gable

[← G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/G/)

# gable

«gable» in Mova's school dictionary: **the triangle-shaped top of a wall at the end of a sloping…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (gables)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gable is the triangle-shaped top of a wall at the end of a sloping roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gable/#m1)

2) A gable is the whole end wall of a house under its roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, the pointed end of a house where a bird may nest or a bell may hang

### examples

- The old house had sharp gables and small windows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gable/#x1)
- A stork built its nest on the gable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gable/#x2)
- A small bell hung from the gable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gable/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.