Gablet
//ˈɡeɪb.lət// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.
"The Pinnacles are numerous, and very fine. They are in general square, and not on diagonally; the sides are frequently panelled, and terminate in crocketed canopies, or gablets, from which rises the spire, which is also crocketed at the angles, and terminates in a finial."
Example
More examples"The Pinnacles are numerous, and very fine. They are in general square, and not on diagonally; the sides are frequently panelled, and terminate in crocketed canopies, or gablets, from which rises the spire, which is also crocketed at the angles, and terminates in a finial."
Etymology
From gable + -let or gable + -et.
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