gable

noun2

1. •
   The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

   • It was a queer sort of place—a gable-ended old house, one side palsied as it were, and leaning over sadly. — 1851
2. •
   (no longer used) A cable.

   • First, striking sail, their tacklings then they loosed. And (with their gables stoop'd) their mast imposed Into the mast-room. — 1577