hip roof
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of hip roof
First recorded in 1720–30
Example Sentences
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Give serious consideration to a hip roof, if possible.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
Gandhi conceived of the residence, a holiday home for a Swiss lawyer, as a classic hip roof separated from the boxy undergirding of a typical Nova Scotian house.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
But ask the difference between a gabled roof and a hip roof, when apple season ends, or how to rid your basement of spiders, and only Google will answer.
From Slate ● Nov. 23, 2018
Burke designed a modern facade to capture the details and scale of the original 1926 house, including a large front porch with wide stairs and a hip roof.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2018
It was a well-built cabin, recently erected, with hip roof and puncheon floor, the inside of the logs peeled, and white-washed.
From The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War by Randall Parrish
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