hastial

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fastigiāle, from Latin fastigium.

Noun

hastial m (plural hastiales)

1. (architecture) gable
   • 1891, José María de Pereda, Pedro Sánchez, chapter 1:

     […] reducido a escombros […] , medio hastial del Oeste y el correspondiente alero del tejado.

     […] brought down […] half the western gable and the corresponding eave of the roof

Further reading

• “hastial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28