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Examples
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What galvanising views greet fell walkers who bypass the crags on these gable-ends.
Country diary: Border End Tony Greenbank 2010
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The exterior was, when I first arrived, a quaint composition of all sorts of architecture; of feudal towers, and gable-ends in
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This seemed to be only a kind of weatherboarding, such as is sometimes used to finish the gable-ends of a roof in lieu of carrying up a brick wall.
Ralph Rashleigh 2004
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Conan cursed as he rode thorough blackened expanses that had been rich fields, and saw the gaunt gable-ends of burned houses jutting out the sky.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Conan cursed as he rode over blackened expanses that had been rich fields, and saw the gaunt gable-ends of burned houses jutting against the sky.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Conan cursed as he rode over blackened expanses that had been rich fields, and saw the gaunt gable-ends of burned houses jutting against the sky.
The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Conan cursed as he rode thorough blackened expanses that had been rich fields, and saw the gaunt gable-ends of burned houses jutting out the sky.
The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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Conan cursed as he rode over blackened expanses that had been rich fields, and saw the gaunt gable-ends of burned houses jutting against the sky.
The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989
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Conan cursed as he rode over blackened expanses that had been rich fields, and saw the gaunt gable-ends of burned houses jutting against the sky.
The Hour Of The Dragon Howard, Robert E. 1977
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They stood in the midst of waste ground, with their bare gloomy walls, their gable-ends bedizened with advertisements, towering above the suburban houses and bungalows.
Seven Little Crosses Simenon, Georges 1951
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