disroofv.
/dɪsˈruːf/ transitive. To deprive of the roof; to unroof.
ΚΠ
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. vii. 340 Ghastly châteaus stare on you by the wayside; disroofed, diswindowed.
Derivatives
disˈroofed adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > roofed > not
rooflessOE
unthatched1570
unvaulted1589
distectured1632
tect-demolished1632
unroofed1665
hypaethral1794
hupaithric1817
upaithric1819
disroofed1871
thatchless1882
1871 J. C. Jeaffreson Ann. Oxf. II. x. 154 The disroofed and dismantled walls of the venerable fanes.
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