Gibel

See also: gibel

Alemannic German

Etymology

Cognate with German Giebel.

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈɡ̊ib̥əl/

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