gambrel roof

gambrel roof

n. A two-sided roof with a double slope on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch.

gambrel roof

n 1. (Architecture) chiefly Brit a hipped roof having a small gable at both ends 2. (Architecture) chiefly US and Canadian a roof having two slopes on both sides, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper. Compare mansard¹ Sometimes shortened to: gambrel ˈgambrel-ˌroofed adj

gam′brel roof′

n. a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. [1755–65, Amer.]

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gambrel roof - a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steepergambrelgable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback - a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end