单词 | gable fork |
释义 | > as lemmasgable fork gable fork n. now historical a timber (or one of a pair) which supports a gable or a pitched roof; cf. fork n. 7. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > gable gable1371 gable fork1371 piniona1400 gable end1596 festier1601 eagle1682 pignon1875 step-gable1921 1371 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 111 Reparabit unam grangiam de uno pare de siles et duobus gauilforks. 1903 PMLA 18 122 She goes out.., and during her absence her hut grows double in size, and the gable fork gains 12 feet in height and becomes a flowering tree. 1964 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 54 443/2 Instead of the customary gable cross-poles they introduced a fork principle: two gable forks supported a horizontal pole and a roof of thinner poles. 1990 Trad. Homes Aug. 95/2 In the seventeenth century, ‘gable forks’ were often put in to strengthen the framing. < as lemmas |
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