GABLET, diminutive of gable (q.v.), in architecture, a small gable, especially if used for decorative purposes, or to form the upper termination of a buttress. In many cases Gothic buttress offsets take the form of gablets. Gablets are frequently decorated with finials (q.v) and are sometimes crocketed (ornamented with a row of projecting knobs, usually of foliage). In all the late Gothic styles gablets are used with great profusion and treated with lavishness and variety; always steep in slope, their sides are often curved, sometimes concave and sometimes with that double curve known as the ogee (q.v.).