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Dormer vs Gable - What's the difference?

dormer | gable |

In architecture terms the difference between dormer and gable

is that dormer is a room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof while gable is the triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs.

dormer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) a room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof
  • dormer-window

    • gable

    English

    (wikipedia gable)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) gable (compare modern French ).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) The triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs.
    • Derived terms
    * gable roof
    See also
    * pediment

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cable.
    • (Chapman)
    (Webster 1913)

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