gabionnade

See gabionade. gablel (ga'bl), n. [E. dial. also gavel; Icel. gaffall, Sw. Dan. gaf fel ), a fork, = AS. geaft, a fork, E. gaffle, q. v., = Icel. gaft = Sw. gafvel = Dan. garl, a gable; ef. L. gabalus, a kind of gallows (of Teut. or Celtic origin); prob. all of Celtic origin: Ir. ga bhal, a fork, a gable, = Gael. gobhal = W. gafl, a fork. Similar in form and sense to the above = words, and partly confused with them, although appar. of different origin, are OHG. gibil, gable, fore part, MHG. gibel, G. giebel, gable, = MLG. D. gevel, a gable, Goth. gibla, a pinnacle; these words are perhaps connected with OHG. gebal, MHG. ge bel, skull, head, OHG. gibilla, head, perhaps= Gr. κεφαλή, head. See gaff 1.] 1. In arch., the end of a ridged roof which at its extremity is not hipped or returned on itself, but cut off in IMG:content-1988.png:[graphic] vertical Gable of the South Transept Door of No plane, together tre Dame, Paris 13th century) (From Viol with the tri an of gabions is placed on the outside nearest the fortre , and filled with earth dug from the trench, forming a breast work that is proof against musketry fire. By increasing number rows cover cov the of junction, com plete protection can be attainede Poions are onacoly used to form the foundations of dams and jetties. They are filled with stones, and sunk or anchored in streams where they will become loaded with silt. See jetty. 2. See the quotation. The houses stand sidewaies backward into their yards, and onely endwaies with their gables towards the street. Fuller , Worthies, Exeter. Mutual gable, in Scots law , a wall separating two houses, and common to both. We constantly speak of a mutual gable, or a gable being mean and common to conterminous proprietors. N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 66, Stepped gable, a gable in which the outline is formed by a series of steps, called corbel - steps.