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hipped roof

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noun

  1. a roof having sloping ends and sides

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The photographs showed fire within the house, just behind an entrance portico that includes rectangular brick or stone columns supporting a hipped roof.

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2021

The Cheney house, built in 1903, was a broad-shouldered example of Wright’s Prairie style, its hipped roof extending protectively over a base of Roman brick.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2017

Built on wheels that can be covered when parked, the Cyprus has a corner porch and hipped roof.

From National Geographic Jul. 21, 2015

The rear wing retreats two feet from the wall line of the main building, and has also a hipped roof of the same pitch as the main one, with eight-feet posts.

From Rural Architecture Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings by Lewis Falley Allen

There is a sloping hipped roof to the window, and a broad moulded corbel below it.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less by George Worley

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