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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Gablets
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GABLETS (diminutive of "gable"), in architecture, triangular terminations to buttresses, much in use in the Early English and Decorated periods, after which the buttresses generally terminated in pinnacles. The Early English gablets are generally plain, and very sharp in pitch. In the Decorated period they are often enriched with panelling and crockets. They are sometimes finished with small crosses, but oftener with finials.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Gablets'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/bri/g/gablets.html. 1910.