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Gibel

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Alemannic German

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Etymology

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Cognate with German Giebel.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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