Definition of Gabling

1. gable [v] - See also: gable

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabling

gabionades
gabioned
gabionnade
gabionnades
gabions
gable
gable end
gable roof
gable roofs
gable wall
gabled
gablelike
gables
gablet
gablets
gabling (current term)
gablock
gablocks
gabnash
gabnashes
gabon
gabonase
gaboon
gaboon viper
gaboons
gaboxadol
gabrielite
gabrielsonite
gabs
gaby

Literary usage of Gabling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of public instruction, Pennsylvania State library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania State Library (1890)
"... y" a Rei't. or Comp., gabling like geese; besides, a secret march is often necessary. Unless y" men are habited to marching in perfect silence.it will ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1837)
"And the pretty gabling boyes Say their books with little noise. And if any ghost doth walke, Sleeping, let him softly talk. May the Violet appear On thy ..."

3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1899)
"This chapel is extremely curious, being of a transeptal form, gabling north and south, and standing just outside the sanctuary of the chancel; a passage, ..."

4. American Country Houses of Today by Frank Miles Day, Samuel Howe, Aymar Embury, Bernard Wells Close, Randolph Williams Sexton, Lewis Augustus Coffin (1915)
"D denotes position of fence line from which ground suddenly falls away, and E stone porch with archway and room above, and gabling, an agreeable and ..."

5. Social Customs by Florence Howe Hall (1911)
"After out-gabling gables, and indulging in a perfect frenzy of peaked roofs, balconies and loggias, they suddenly made the amazing discovery that the inside ..."

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