What is this called? PIP

[indypitty]

What is the decorative white piece at the roof called?  We just moved to Tennessee and I'm seeing these a lot.

[emjacobs]

Tiara.

[hesitantbride]

I'm having a hard time with this one.

My first thought was a dormer trestle, but that doesn't make much sense.

Then I thought this could be generally classified under fretwork, which is more elaborate especially in Victorian/nineteenth-century architecture.  But when I googled "dormer fretwork," I got this:

[mrs.jacinthe]

I have no idea.  But I bet bunnymendelbaum does!

[kristilynnmy]

exterior decorative trusses maybe?

[munkii]

I call it a decorative truss as Kristilynnmy suggested.

[bunnymendelbaum]

I think it is called a decorative gable end.