gaberdine

[GABARDINE.] gā-ber-lŭn-ziě, IMG:content-0262.jpg:[blocks in formation] mgăb-lock, s . [GAVELOCK.] A false spur of iron or steel fitted on to the heel of a game-cock to make it more effective in fighting. 8. [Prop. gaberlunzie - man , from gaberlunzie = a wallet, from gabardine , and lunzie loin.] A mendicant; an itinerant tinker who carries in his bag the implements of his trade; a poor guest who cannot pay for his entertainment. "A species of emblazoning more befitting canters, gaber lunzies, and such like medicants."-Scott: Waverley, ch. xiv. *găb-ert, s . [GABBARD.] gā-bi-on, s . [Fr., from Ital. gabbione a large cage, a gabion, from gabbia a cage, from Lat. cave a = a hollow place, a cage, a coop; cavus hollow.] Fort.: A cylindrical basket, left open at the top and bottom, and used for revetting the interior slopes of a battery and other field-works. It is IMG:content-0263.png:[blocks in formation] gā-bi-oned, a. [Eng. gabion; -ed.] Furnished with, formed of, or protected with gabions. "Floating batteries, strongly para petted and gabioned ." -W. H. Ru ell. ga-ble (1), *ga-byl, s . [O. Fr. gable (Low Lat. gabulum ), from M. H. Ger. gabele , gabel ; Ger. gabel =a folk, gebel , gibel ; Ger. giebel =a gable; Ö. H. Ger. kapala , kabala =a fork, gipil , gibil =a gable; Icel. gaft =a gable; Dan. gavl ; Sw. gafvel ; MesoGoth. gibla ; Dut. gevel.] Arch.: The triangular portion of the end of a building, bounded by the sides of the roof and a line joining the eaves. "Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng." gable-end, 8. Long fellow: Nuremberg. Arch.: The triangular-topped end wall of a house. "A knot of antique houses with gable-ends, crowding thick round a venerable cathedral."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng., ch. xvi.