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# gabled

adjective

«gabled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Having a gable or gables: the pointed, triangle-shaped part of a wall under the two sloping sides of a roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gabled/#m1)

### In the lessons

A building and history word: «a gabled roof», «a gabled house». In maths lessons, a gable is a triangle on top of a rectangle; children draw gabled houses all the time. In stories old gabled houses and inns often look cosy or mysterious.

### Examples

- We live in a red brick house with a gabled roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gabled/#x1)
- The old inn had three gabled windows facing the street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gabled/#x2)
- Toad Hall was a fine old house with gables and chimneys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gabled/#x3)
- The gabled end of the barn faced the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gabled/#x4)
- Draw a gabled house: a rectangle with a triangle on top. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gabled/#x5)
- The street was lined with tall gabled houses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gabled/#x6)

### Note

Adjective from the noun «gable» (GAY-bl). Pronounced GAY-buld. A gable is the triangle shape of wall between two roof slopes; a «hipped» roof slopes on all four sides and has no gables.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «gabled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gabled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«gabled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/gabled.html) on Mova free.