Meanings
plural gable roofs
- businessA single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends.
A gable roof is the basic design for residential roof construction. It can be made with trusses or traditional rafters. Even though building a gable roof is a lot of work, its design is the essence of simplicity: Two flat planes are joined together to form a simple peaked structure.
2009, Albert Jackson, David Day, Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to, Sterling, →ISBN, pages 205–
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 山牆頂 /山墙顶
- 山牆頂 /山墙顶single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends
Finnish harjakatto
- harjakattosingle-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends
German Satteldach
- Satteldachsingle-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends
Spanish techo a dos aguas
- techo a dos aguassingle-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends
Swedish sadeltak, kroppåstak
- sadeltaksingle-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends
- kroppåstaksingle-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends
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gable roof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gable%20roof
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