While a front-gabled or gable-fronted building faces the street with its gable, a side-gabled building faces it with its
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A Wimperg, in German and Dutch, is a Gothic ornamental gable with tracery over windows or portals, which were often accompanied by pinnacles. It was a typical element in Gothic architecture, especially in cathedral a… See more

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• Clarke, M. (2010). "gable". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms. Oxford Paperback Reference. OUP Oxford. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-19-956992-2. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
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• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gable" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 380.
• Lexicon of architecture (in German), retrieved August 13, 2022… See more