单词 | gabled |
释义 | gabledadj. 1. Of a roof, building, etc.: that has a gable or gables (gable n.1 1a, 2).high-gabled, steep-gabled, step-gabled, etc.: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > gabled fastigious1625 gabled1791 gable-topped1836 gableted1853 step-gabled1937 1791 R. Sadler Wanley Penson III. viii. 19 The gabled houses, the steeples and towers of the churches. 1862 H. Marryat One Year in Sweden II. 235 Before you stands an old gabled mansion. 1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. iii. 48 A low long house with gabled roof. 1886 M. Linskill in Good Words 5 Some of the houses stood with their gabled ends towards the street. 1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Y i. i. 31 There it was, with its sprawling cultivated gardens, its precise yew trees, its Elizabethan village of gabled cottages. 1969 A. MacLean Puppet on Chain iv. 64 The gabled warehouses marched away into the diminishing distance. 2007 Condé Nast Traveller (U.K. ed.) May 46/2 The 11 ocean pool houses..have gabled roofs, bleached-wood decking,..and terrazzo baths. 2. Of a porch, window, etc.: that has a decorative gable (gable n.1 1b). Also of other objects: that has an upper part resembling the triangular shape of a gable. ΚΠ 1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 122/5 (table) An example of a spire on a low circular tower. Lucarned at its base with lofty gabled windows. 1878 G. Dennis Cities & Cemeteries Etruria (rev. ed.) II. xxxiv. 12 I know no other instances of gabled tombs in Etruria. 1913 West Coast Mag. May 13/1 A rank profusion of unchecked vegetation made a frame for the little porch and gabled doorway. 1990 Antiquaries Jrnl. 70 49 A large, gabled reliquary apparently occupying the whole of an altar is shown in the well known illustration of Harold's oath in the Bayeux Tapestry. 2008 E. Levy-Navarro Culture Obesity Early & Late Modernity iii. 53 A portrait of Henry VIII's mother, Elizabeth of York, shows her with the earlier gabled headdress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1791 |
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