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hip roof

American  

noun

Architecture.
  1. a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.


hip roof British  

noun

  1. a roof having sloping ends and sides

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of hip roof

First recorded in 1720–30


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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

A white clapboard structure with a brick foundation, the house is notable for its broad hip roof balanced by two large chimneys.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2018

It is square and covered with a hip roof.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 04, April 1895 Byzantine-Romanesque Windows in Southern Italy by Various

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