Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The wall which forms the gable-end of a house.

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Examples

  • He had bitten through his under lip, his eyes were wide open and not swollen nor starting out of his head; he had driven his axe into the gable-wall so hard that it had gone in up to the middle of the blade, and that was why it was not softened.

    The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor Unknown

  • The entrance door was in a gable-wall at the side of the fireplace, and so narrow that it was more like a wicket than a door.

    The Wonderful Adventures of Nils 1922

  • In the other gable-wall he saw a low and broad window with many little panes.

    The Wonderful Adventures of Nils 1922

  • Out in the shelter of the gable-wall of the House sat Kongstrup, well wrapped up, and gazing straight before him with expressionless eyes.

    Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

  • Out in the shelter of the gable-wall of the House sat Kongstrup, well wrapped up, and gazing straight before him with expressionless eyes.

    Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

  • The cliff seemed in all ways like every other cliff, but Reor noticed instantly that he had come upon the gable-wall of a giant's house, and he discovered under moss and lichen the great hinges on which the mountain's granite door swung.

    Invisible Links Selma Lagerl��f 1899

  • Having signed the agreement, there was nothing more for Tess to do at present than to get a lodging, and she found one in the house at whose gable-wall she had warmed herself.

    Tess of the d'Urbervilles 1891

  • He threw the letter into her lap, and drew back to the other side of the gable-wall.

    The Trumpet-Major Thomas Hardy 1884

  • Having signed the agreement, there was nothing more for Tess to do at present than to get a lodging, and she found one in the house at whose gable-wall she had warmed herself.

    Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1884

  • And its shattering blast went forward, and beat back from the gable-wall

    The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865

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