Part 4667

<hw>Ga"bi*on*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gabionnage</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The part of a fortification built of gabions.</def>

<h1>Gabioned</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Ga"bi*oned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <def>Furnished with gabions.</def>

<h1>Gabionnade</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Ga`bion`nade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gabionade</er>.</def>

<h1>Gable</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Ga"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cable.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Gable</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Ga"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gable</ets>, <ets>gabil</ets>, F. <ets>gable</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>gabalum</ets> front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. <ets>gibil</ets>, G. <ets>giebel</ets> gable, Icel. <ets>gafl</ets>, Goth. <ets>gibla</ets> pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. <?/ head, and E. <ets>cephalic</ets>, or to G. <ets>gabel</ets> fork, AS. <ets>geafl</ets>, E. <ets>gaffle</ets>, L. <ets>gabalus</ets> a kind of gallows.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The vertical triangular portion of the end of a building, from the level of the cornice or eaves to the ridge of the roof. Also, a similar end when not triangular in shape, as of a gambrel roof and the like.</def> Hence: <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The end wall of a building, as distinguished from the front or rear side.</def> <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A decorative member having the shape of a triangular gable, such as that above a Gothic arch in a doorway.</def>

<cs><col>Bell gable</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bell</er>.</cd> -- <col>Gable roof</col>, <cd>a double sloping roof which forms a gable at each end.</cd> -- <col>Gable wall</col>. <cd>Same as <er>Gable</er> <sd>(b)</sd>.<er></cd> -- <col>Gable window</col>, <cd>a window in a gable.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gablet</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Ga"blet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.</def>

<h1>Gablock</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Gab"lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gavelock</er>.]</ety> <def>A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock.</def>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Gaby</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Ga"by</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>gapi</ets> a rash, reckless man. Cf. <er>Gafe</er>.]</ety> <def>A simpleton; a dunce; a lout.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Gad</h1> <Xpage=606>

<hw>Gad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gad</ets>, Icel. <ets>gaddr</ets> goad, sting; akin to Sw. <ets>gadd</ets> sting, Goth. <ets>gazds</ets>, G. <ets>gerte</ets> switch. See <er>Yard</er> a measure.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The point of a spear, or an arrowhead.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A pointed or wedge-shaped instrument of metal, as a steel wedge used in mining, etc.</def>

<blockquote>I will go get a leaf of brass, And with a <b>gad</b> of steel will write these words. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A sharp-pointed rod; a goad.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A spike on a gauntlet; a gadling.</def>

<i>Fairholt.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A wedge-shaped billet of iron or steel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Flemish steel . . . some in bars and some in <b>gads</b>. <i>Moxon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.]</mark>