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Parapet vs Gable - What's the difference?

parapet | gable |

As nouns the difference between parapet and gable

is that parapet is a low retaining wall while gable is gable (triangular area of wall).

parapet

English

(wikipedia parapet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A low retaining wall.
  • Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=26 citation , passage=Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.}}
  • A fortification consisting of a wall.

    • Hyponyms

    * (low retaining wall) (l)

    Derived terms

    * keep one's head below the parapet

    Coordinate terms

    * (low retaining wall) (l) ----

    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)

    Anagrams

    * * ----