French roof

American  

noun

1. a mansard roof the sides of which are nearly perpendicular.

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Etymology

Origin of French roof

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

His idea of a house was a brown-stone front, four stories high, and a French roof with an air-chamber above.

From The Rise of Silas Lapham by Howells, William Dean

The jarring that went on under every French roof, in every French heart; the diseased things that were spoken, done, the sum-total whereof is the French Revolution, tongue of man cannot tell.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

A very pleasant time I had under this French roof on German soil.

From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

In a great garret of the hospital, under a high French roof, was the dormitory of the volunteers attached to the Paris Ambulance Section.

From A Volunteer Poilu by Beston, Henry

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.

From The Story of the Great Fire in St. John, N.B., June 20th, 1877 by Stewart, George