dormer
noun
a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
dormered
-
a word derived from
dormer.
Example Sentences
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Very steep or dormered roofs boost construction costs.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
Windows stretching to the ceiling along the north wall look out on the dormered Federal townhouses of King Street.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2017
The dormered property dates back to the 1780s and now hosts eight guest rooms, most with fireplaces and marble bathrooms, some with terraces.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2015
She had just about finished remodeling when, in 1961, a short circuit in an elevator shaft started a three-alarm blaze that sent flames licking 30 ft. above the dormered roof.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a red-brick Georgian Colonial, boxy but handsome in a quiet kind of way, two and a half stories high with dormered windows and a chimney on each end.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
