page_title: Gable
hierarchical_section_title: Gable
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kreuzgiebel, Kreuzgiebeldach English: A 3-D diagram of a single-story house with a cross-gabled roof. Areas highlighted in yellow are the actual gables.
context_page_description: A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesthetic concerns. A gable wall or gable end more commonly refers to the entire wall, including the gable and the wall below it. Some types of roofs do not have a gable. One common type of roof with gables, the gable roof, is named after its prominent gables.
  A parapet made of a series of curves or horizontal steps may hide the diagonal lines of the roof.
  Gable ends of more recent buildings are often treated in the same way as the Classic pediment form. But unlike Classical structures, which operate through trabeation, the gable ends of many buildings are actually bearing-wall structures.
  Gable style is also used in the design of fabric structures, with varying degree sloped roofs, dependent on how much snowfall is expected.
  Sharp gable roofs are a characteristic of the Gothic and classical Greek styles of architecture.
  The opposite or inverted form of a gable roof is a V-roof or butterfly roof.
context_section_description: A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesthetic concerns. A gable wall or gable end more commonly refers to the entire wall, including the gable and the wall below it. Some types of roofs do not have a gable (for example hip roofs do not). One common type of roof with gables, the gable roof, is named after its prominent gables.
  A parapet made of a series of curves (Dutch gable) or horizontal steps (crow-stepped gable) may hide the diagonal lines of the roof. 
  Gable ends of more recent buildings are often treated in the same way as the Classic pediment form. But unlike Classical structures, which operate through trabeation, the gable ends of many buildings are actually bearing-wall structures. 
  Gable style is also used in the design of fabric structures, with varying degree sloped roofs, dependent on how much snowfall is expected.
  Sharp gable roofs are a characteristic of the Gothic and classical Greek styles of architecture.
  The opposite or inverted form of a gable roof is a V-roof or butterfly roof.
caption: A single-story house with three gables, although only two can be seen (highlighted in yellow). This intersection of gables[clarification needed] is a crossed gable roof
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