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gable window

noun

  1. a window in or under a gable.


gable window

noun

  1. a window positioned in a gable or having a small gable over it


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Other Words From

  • gable-windowed adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gable window1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50

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Example Sentences

Abby Williams looked out from the gable window of her little chamber, and saw the action.

But Borghild sat alone in her gable window and looked longingly toward the ocean.

Now look up there, in the gable window—a single candle burns, a poor, wretched light.

She leaned out of a gable window, courting the moist chill of the starless night.

He also knew how to lift, with his knife, the iron hook which fastened—but did not secure—the gable window on the inside.

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