curb-roofn.
A roof of which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper than the upper; a mansard-roof.
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vaulta1387
plat-roofa1425
pend1454
faunsere1460
compassed roofa1552
terrace1572
sotie1578
crown1588
arch-roof1594
arch1609
under-roof1611
concameration1644
voltoa1660
hip roof1663
French roof1669
oversail1673
jerkinhead1703
mansard1704
curb-roof1733
shed roof1736
gable roof1759
gambrel roof1761
living roof1792
pent roof1794
span-roof1823
wagon-head1823
azotea1824
rafter roof1825
rooflet1825
wagon-vault1835
bell-roof1842
spire-roof1842
cradle-roof1845
packsaddle roof1845
open roof1847
umbrella roof1847
gambrel1848
packsaddle1848
compass-roof1849
saddleback1849
saddle roof1850
curbed roof1866
wagon-roof1866
saw-tooth roof1900
trough roof1905
skillion roof1911
north-light roof1923
shell roof1954
green roof1984
knee-roof-
1733 F. Price Brit. Carpenter (1753) 18 B is called a kirb roof, and is much in use, on account of its giving so much room withinside.
1820 T. Tredgold Elem. Princ. Carpentry iv. 73 It appears to have been with a view of lessening..height that the Mansard or curb roof was invented.
1879 D. J. Hill Bryant 143 A spacious..mansion..with a curb-roof, antique dormer windows.
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