neck-gable

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛkˌɡeɪ.bəl/

Noun

neck-gable (plural neck-gables)

a type of gable in vogue between the 17th and the 18th centuries in the Netherlands with a rectangular body (resembling a neck, hence the name) in place of the usual triangular shape found with a regular gable

Translations

part of a structure

Dutch: halsgevel (nl) m

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