A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . GABLES OVER DOORWAYS OF PORCH, ERFURT CATHEDRAL. 161 162 GABLE BOARD GABLE WALL large and sinall, is avery important itemin the general decora-tive system. In theearlier post - Gothicstyles, especially inthe north of Euroije,such as the GermanRenaissance and theElizabethan in Eng-land, the gable,whether forming apart of the mainstructure, or servingas the front of thedormer, is the chiefdecorative feature.(For tiie elaborateElizabethan gables, seeFractablc.) Stepped whose sides havemore or less th

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A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . GABLES OVER DOORWAYS OF PORCH, ERFURT CATHEDRAL. 161 162 GABLE BOARD GABLE WALL large and sinall, is avery important itemin the general decora-tive system. In theearlier post - Gothicstyles, especially inthe north of Euroije,such as the GermanRenaissance and theElizabethan in Eng-land, the gable,whether forming apart of the mainstructure, or servingas the front of thedormer, is the chiefdecorative feature.(For tiie elaborateElizabethan gables, seeFractablc.) Stepped whose sides havemore or less the formof a continuous seriesof steps following theslope of the roof be-hind. — R. S. GABLE as Ij a r g eBoard. GABLE END. Ina building having adouble pitch roof, oneof the end walls whichterminates at top in agable. GABLE POLE. Apole or bar of woodlaid along the edge ofa roof at one side ofthe gable to secure the.

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