Gable
Pronunciation : Ga"ble
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A cable. [Archaic] Chapman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ga"ble
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS. geafl, E. gaffle, L. gabalus a kind
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913