n. A cable. [ Archaic ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. &unr_; head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind of gallows. ] (Arch.)
Bell gable.
Gable roof,
Gable wall.
Gable window,
adj. furnished or constructed with a gable; -- of a house or roof;
n. (Arch.) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]