gable roof

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noun

a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.

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Also called pitched roof.

Origin of gable roof

First recorded in 1840–50

OTHER WORDS FROM gable roof

gable-roofed, adjective

Words nearby gable roof

gabion, gabionade, gable, gabled, gable end, gable roof, gablet, gable window, Gabo, Gabon, Gabonese

How to use gable roof in a sentence

They nested in their old corner under the eaves of Caspar's gable-roof.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various
The soil is usually hard and dry, and the water runs off as though from a gable roof.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker
The knoll which Bertha and Sire had descended made a grade like the pitch of an old gable roof.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
The Meyer home was altered soon afterwards, a gable roof and additional windows being added.
Old Fort Garland|James T. Forrest

At last it alighted on a lofty gable-roof, on whose ridge was its firmly-fastened nest.
The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete|Georg Ebers