wagon-headwaggon-headn.
/ˈwaɡ(ə)nhɛd/, U.S. /ˈwæɡənˌ(h)ɛd/ Architecture.
a. A cylindrical ceiling, roof, or vault.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > types of roof generally
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-
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 430 Ceilings, formed simply of cylindric surfaces, are termed, by mechanics, waggon-heads.
1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 215 The best general form is that of a polygonal ‘waggon-head’ of five or seven sides.
b. attributive or as adj.
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1842 Penny Cycl. XXII. 482/2 Watt adopted a long rectangular form, with a semi-cylindrical top... From this form it is termed the waggon-head boiler.
1870 M. A. Lower Hist. Sussex I. 242 The whole of the building has now a wagon-head ceiling in pannelled oak.
Derivatives
wagon-headed adj.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [adjective] > type of roof
thatched1467
side?a1475
thacked1530
vaulted1552
shingleda1563
slated1611
unshingled1611
high-pitch1614
slate-pointed1648
killesed1649
hipped1663
pantiledc1672
overpitched1677
underpitched1677
low-pitcheda1684
pitched1773
theeked1792
peaked1797
shingle1810
thackless1810
choppered1818
wagon-headed1823
unlathed1854
break-back1856
shingly1857
saddleback1861
scaled1862
gambrelled1863
thatchy1864
weather-slated1870
thatchless1882
weather-tiled1887
monopitch1941
tile-roofed1962
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 114 Lunettes..are made either in waggon-headed ceilings, or through large coves.
1897 F. J. Burgoyne Library Constr. 192 A richly moulded waggon-headed roof.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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