Gable roof

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends.

    "A gable roof is the basic design for residential roof construction. It can be made with trusses or traditional rafters. Even though building a gable roof is a lot of work, its design is the essence of simplicity: Two flat planes are joined together to form a simple peaked structure."

  2. 2
    a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end wordnet

Example

More examples

"A gable roof is the basic design for residential roof construction. It can be made with trusses or traditional rafters. Even though building a gable roof is a lot of work, its design is the essence of simplicity: Two flat planes are joined together to form a simple peaked structure."

Etymology

Compound of gable + roof.