Gibel

See also: gibel

Alemannic German

Etymology

Cognate with German Giebel.

Pronunciation

Noun

Gibel m

  1. gable; crest (of a roof)
    • 1966, Georg Thürer, Rund umme Blattetisch, page 44:
      Wer früehnder vu Netschtel gu Glaris ufe-n-isch, hät linggerhand dry uumäär Nußbäum gsih und rächts vu der alte Landstraß es Hüüsli miteme hööche Gibel.
      Anyone who used to come/go up from Netstal to Glarus has seen three very lovely walnut trees on the left-hand side and a high-gabled little house to the right of the old country road.
  2. pediment
  3. (slang) head
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