Gable roof

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Gable roof

Pitched roof generally designates a limited by gables saddle roof , but also the roof shape describes one with a gable provided, projecting building part such as a dormer window or a risalit .

If this means the positioning of the building on the viewing side (mostly street view), the term gable is also used.

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  • Gable roof, the. In: Adelung: Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect. Volume 2. Leipzig 1796, p. 682.
  • Roof (1). In: Lueger, Otto: Lexicon of the entire technology and its auxiliary sciences. Volume 2. Stuttgart, Leipzig 1905, pp. 489-490.