Gablet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡeɪb.lət/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gablet is a noun meaning (architecture) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.
Meaning
(architecture) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.
Example Sentences
Almost opposite Clarence House, and immediately adjoining the Swan Hotel, is a lofty and somewhat narrow structure of four storeys, whose twin gablets overhang and overbend the street in quite a serious manner.
The Pinnacles are numerous, and very fine. They are in general square, and not on diagonally; the sides are frequently panelled, and terminate in crocketed canopies, or gablets, from which rises the spire, which is also crocketed at the angles, and terminates in a finial.
Word Forms
- gablets
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gavel, gabling, gable, bell-gable, gavit, gambrel.
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