gable window

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noun

a window in or under a gable.

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Origin of gable window

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

OTHER WORDS FROM gable window

gable-windowed, adjective

Words nearby gable window

gable, gabled, gable end, gable roof, gablet, gable window, Gabo, Gabon, Gabonese, gaboon, gaboon viper

How to use gable window in a sentence

Abby Williams looked out from the gable window of her little chamber, and saw the action.
Silent Struggles|Ann S. Stephens
But Borghild sat alone in her gable window and looked longingly toward the ocean.
Tales From Two Hemispheres|Hjalmar Hjorth Boysen
Now look up there, in the gable window—a single candle burns, a poor, wretched light.
Lucky Pehr|August Strindberg
She leaned out of a gable window, courting the moist chill of the starless night.
The King Of Beaver, and Beaver Lights|Mary Hartwell Catherwood

He also knew how to lift, with his knife, the iron hook which fastened—but did not secure—the gable window on the inside.
The Kindred of the Wild|Charles G. D. Roberts

British Dictionary definitions for gable window

gable window

noun

a window positioned in a gable or having a small gable over it

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