gable roof
nounEtymology Compound of gable + roof.
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Business, Construction, Manufacturing, Roofing 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.2009, Albert Jackson, David Day, Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to, Sterling, →ISBN, pages 205–:
- Related terms
- peaked roof, pitched roof