| 单词 | gable-ended |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgable-ˈended gable-ˈended adj. Architecture that has a gable end (senses 1, 2). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [adjective] pinnacledc1400 toweredc1400 quartered1591 towery-topped1602 spired1610 towery1611 well-roofed1656 steepled1711 gable-ended1789 towerlessc1820 apteral1833 1789 Gentlemen's Mag. Jan. 21/2 It is..a respectable-looking, gable-ended house, in the form of an half H. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder ii. 129 Gable-ended roofs, unless properly supported by ties, are liable to thrust out the walls. 1958 Listener 6 Nov. 727/1 Eight-storey point-blocks are contrasted with low, gable-ended, four-storey blocks. 2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 June (Real Estate section) 9 Photographs show..a gable-ended tower flanked by two pinnacles. < as lemmas |
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