单词 | gable front |
释义 | > as lemmasgable front gable front n. a facade which incorporates or consists of a gable (senses 1a, 2); cf. gable-fronted adj. ΚΠ 1807 J. T. Smith Antiq. Westminster 189/1 Twelve large and square stones for several works for the wall near the gable front of the chapel. 1884 Mag. Amer. Hist. July 87/1 There are other wooden houses of a higher class, with tiled roofs and gable fronts, the upper story considerably overhanging the lower. 1989 J. A. Jakle et al. Common Houses America's Small Towns vi. 143/1 Many of these gable-front cottages originated as scaled-down imitations of similar looking..southern bungalows. 2017 Hull Daily Mail (Nexis) 22 May An impressive building..with a very ornate frontage with distinctive brickwork and gable front. < as lemmas |
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