French roof
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of French roof
First recorded in 1660–70
Example Sentences
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The building was 82 feet on Duke Street and 68 feet on Sydney Street, three stories with high French roof, and a basement 12 feet high.
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The hired builders had protested against its primitive form; they sighed for a snug frame house, French roof and bay windows.
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It is a strange city, lost in the midst of busy up-to-date 163 Canada, with French roofs, narrow tilting streets, and ever the smell of fish.
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Mr. Barr's studio was up seven flights of stairs in the French roof of a building which had no elevator, and had doubtless been chosen by him on account of cheapness and light.
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At one time they went mad over the French roof, or mansard.
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