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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A window in the end or gable of a building, or a window having its upper part shaped like a gable.
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Examples
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From a gable-window in the attic a very fair view could be had of the little house below.
The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol Lewis E. Theiss
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Jeanne Marie sat on the floor, tailor fashion, up in her little room of the old stone house, and peeked out of the diamond-paned gable-window very cautiously; and she was sorely disappointed.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 1916
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But the moonbeams streamed in through his little gable-window and Johnnie could see very well without any other light.
The Tale of Tommy Fox Arthur Scott Bailey 1913
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They went in among the washing, so that they should not get damaged, and then he threw the bag out of the gable-window into the little alley.
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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They went in among the washing, so that they should not get damaged, and then he threw the bag out of the gable-window into the little alley.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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That evening when Caspar went home to Cobweb Corner, and flung open his gable-window, there were _no_ graceful circles described overhead, and
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Poor Mabel's eyes were now often dimmed with tears; yet once every day she passed through the narrow street near the castle wall, and gazed up at Caspar's gable-window, until she saw the little shoemaker smile down at her.
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Jeanne Marie sat on the floor, tailor fashion, up in her little room of the old stone house, and peeked out of the diamond-paned gable-window very cautiously; and she was sorely disappointed.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 Little Journeys To the Homes of Famous Women Elbert Hubbard 1885
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The level rays gilded the slender cathedral spire, and the glass of many a pointed gable-window in the town sent back the flaming reflexion.
Greifenstein 1881
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Still more remarkable, a faint glimmer of light appeared in a small gable-window high up, where assuredly I had never before seen a light.
Kilgorman A Story of Ireland in 1798 Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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