gambrel roof
noun
a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one.
gambrel-roofed
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a word derived from
gambrel roof.
Example Sentences
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And Abraham Peyton Skipwith built a gambrel-roofed cottage on Duval Street along the northern edge of town.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022
Wheelwright bolted with his wife, Eliza, for their little gambrel-roofed house on 200 acres.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
The T-shaped, gambrel-roofed house has classic Georgian symmetry, proportions and detail; it is stately, yet beckons amiably from a gentle slope overlooking the Piankatank River.
From Washington Post
Maine's Aroostook County, dotted with neat white farmhouses and big gambrel-roofed barns, is the most northeasterly county in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
It contained, besides the governor's house and barracks, a steep gambrel-roofed church with a high tower, a windmill, gallows, pillory, whipping-post, prison and a tall flagstaff.
From The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story by John R. (John Roy) Musick
