Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Gable

Gable: noun - verticaltriangular portion of wall at the end of a ridged roof, from the level of theeaves to the apex, an architectural member formed as a gable, gable-shapedcanopy over a window or door; triangular-topped end wall of a building; a gableend.
'Hidden deep in quiet rural byways, the cottage had beenextended and added to during the centuries it had been standing, so that it nowfeatured many gable ends, some at right angles to the others.'
Pic: Staithes Harbour, North Yorkshire, featuring a few gable ends on the cottages shown.