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gable window
noun
- a window in or under a gable.
gable window
noun
- a window positioned in a gable or having a small gable over it
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Other Words From
- gable-windowed 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.
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But Borghild sat alone in her gable window and looked longingly toward the ocean.
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Now look up there, in the gable window—a single candle burns, a poor, wretched light.
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She leaned out of a gable window, courting the moist chill of the starless night.
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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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