Dutch Colonial

American  

adjective

1. of or relating to the domestic architecture of Dutch settlers in New York and New Jersey, often characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves over porches on the long sides.

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noun

1. a house built in such a style.

Etymology

Origin of Dutch Colonial

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Gehry’s own Santa Monica home remains one of the most influential houses of the 20th century — a modest Dutch Colonial reimagined through an envelope of chain-link fencing, gray corrugated metal, exposed wood framing and sharply tilted glass planes.

From Los Angeles Times

Representatives of the descendants of African slaves and Indigenous peoples of Suriname on Monday formally accepted an apology from visiting King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands for widespread slavery during Dutch colonial rule.

From Barron's

Eliza and Angelica, born 300 years earlier, had been raised to expect a life like their mother’s, as wealthy Dutch colonial wives overseeing a large country estate in New York’s Hudson Valley.

From Slate

Afrikaners are largely the descendants of Dutch colonial settlers.

From Slate

"Dutch colonial encounters with South American enviromateriality," Hanß notes, "stirred European appreciation of and engagement with the creative and transformative power of natural environments."

From Science Daily