Gablet

//ˈɡeɪb.lət// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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