pinion end

noun

: gable end

Word History

Etymology

obsolete English pinion gable (from Middle English, from Old French pignon, from assumed Vulgar Latin pinnion-, pinnio, from Latin pinna battlement, feather—alteration of penna feather—+ -ion-, -io -ion) + English end

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