(William) (1901-1960) US actor. A star for more than 30 years in 90 films, he played romantic roles such as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind 1939. His other films include The Painted Desert 1931 (his first), It Happened One Night 1934 (Academy Award), Mutiny on the Bounty 1935, and The Misfits 1961. He was nicknamed the “King of Hollywood”.

Množina: gables

The vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof; SYN. gable end, gable wall.

Množina: gable ends

Množina: gable roofs

A double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end; SYN. saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof.

(Of a roof) Constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall.

Singular of gables is gable.