hastial

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fastigiāle, from Latin fastigium.

Noun

hastial m (plural hastiales)

(architecture) gable
- 1891, José María de Pereda, Pedro Sánchez, chapter 1:
  […] reducido a escombros […] , medio hastial del Oeste y el correspondiente alero del tejado.
  […] brought down […] half the western gable and the corresponding eave of the roof

Further reading

“hastial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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