gambrel roof
Americannoun
noun
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a hipped roof having a small gable at both ends
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a roof having two slopes on both sides, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper Compare mansard
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Etymology
Origin of gambrel roof
An Americanism dating back to 1755–65
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The owner of a longtime Summerland antiques barn had died, and the "historically delightful" 1921 structure — complete with gambrel roof and grounds with potential — was available.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2018
River view, sitting porch with four Ionic columns, gambrel roof, two chimneys.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2016
It is a white clapboard farmhouse with old-fashioned gambrel roof, dormer windows, neat flower boxes at the window sills.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its sides—clad in weather-beaten shingles and inset with a series of large windows—slanted obliquely inward, rising toward a gambrel roof.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
It was two storied with a high gambrel roof making in effect a third story.
From Confessions of Boyhood by John Albee
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