For this week’s Ask OMS topic, we have the definition of the word gable. As a reminder, the purpose of Ask OMS is for you to post your questions related to architecture, and then we’ll provide the answers. Please submit your questions.

Gable:  A triangular element. It may be the end of a pitched roof framed by the sloping sides as depicted below on this temple in Thailand. It also refers to the top of a Gothic panel, or to the triangular area above the portals of a Gothic building.

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Definition source: http://img.uoregon.edu/arh314/terminology/Terminology_all.html

Wat Arun Temple in Thailand

Wat Arun Temple in Thailand

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