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Mansard roof

noun
1.
A hip roof having two slopes on each side.  Synonym: mansard.






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"Mansard roof" Quotes from Famous Books



... Up under the mansard roof there was neither gas nor electricity. Breitmann lighted his two candles, divested himself of his collar, tie, and coat, and ...
— A Splendid Hazard • Harold MacGrath

... of spacious and substantial farm houses, with the gambrel, curb, or Mansard roof, as shown in Fig. 63, is very numerous about the suburbs of New York City, and more particularly in the "neighboring province of New Jersey," where one finds them nestled in the valleys or by the road side, as best fitting to the taste of our early Dutch settlers, who prized seclusion ...
— Woodward's Country Homes • George E. Woodward



Words linked to "Mansard roof" :   French roof, curb roof



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