The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof.
synonyms: gable, gable wall.
Roget 67:
end,
close,
termination;
desinence†,
conclusion,
finis,
finale,
period,
term,
terminus,
endpoint,
last,
omega;
extreme,
extremity;
gable end,
butt end,
fag-end;
tip,
nib,
point;
tail
etc.
(rear)
235;
verge
etc.
(edge)
231;
tag,
peroration;
bonne bouche [Fr.];
bottom dollar,
tail end,
rear guard.
consummation,
denouement;
finish
etc.
(completion)
729;
fate;
doom,
doomsday;
crack of doom,
day of Judgment,
dies irae,
fall of the curtain;
goal,
destination;
limit,
determination;
expiration,
expiry†,
extinction,
extermination;
death
etc.
360;
end of all things;
finality;
eschatology.
break up,
commencement de la fin,
last stage,
turning point;
coup de grace,
deathblow;
knock-out-blow;
sockdolager [U.S.].
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Roget 236:
laterality†;
side,
flank,
quarter,
lee;
hand;
cheek,
jowl,
jole†,
wing;
profile;
temple,
parietes [Lat.],
loin,
haunch,
hip;
beam.
gable,
gable end;
broadside;
lee side.
points of the compass;
East,
Orient,
Levant;
West;
orientation.
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Dutch: gevelspits
Polish: szczyt, ściana szczytowa