mansard

[ man-sahrd, -serd ]

/ ˈmæn sɑrd, -sərd /

noun

Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part.Compare French roof.

the story under such a roof.

Words nearby mansard

manque, manqué, manresa, manroot, manrope, mansard, mansart, manscape, manse, mansell, manservant

Origin of mansard

1725–35; < French mansarde, named after N. F. Mansart

Definition for mansard (2 of 2)

Mansart

[ mahn-sar; English man-sahrt, -sert ]

/ mɑ̃ˈsar; English ˈmæn sɑrt, -sərt /

noun

Jules Har·douin

[zhyl ar-dwan] /ʒül arˈdwɛ̃/, Jules Hardouin, 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.

his granduncle(Ni·co·las) Fran·çois

[nee-kaw-lah frahn-swa] /ni kɔˈlɑ frɑ̃ˈswa/, 1598–1666, French architect.

Also Man·sard

[mahn-sar; English man-sahrd, ‐serd] /mɑ̃ˈsar; English ˈmæn sɑrd, ‐sərd/.

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Examples from the Web for mansard

Originally the Cabildo was two stories in height, with a flat roof; the mansard roof was added in 1851.
Historic Shrines of America|John T. (John Thomson) Faris
On each side of the circular pediment is a little "Mansard" window in the roof, and on the pediment itself are two statues.
The Story of Rouen|Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
After a very short time, however, the direction of the works was taken from Mansard, and given to Jacques le Mercier.
Old and New Paris, v. 2|Henry Sutherland Edwards
Under the roof, in two mansard attics, were the nests for the servants.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo

From out an open Elizabethan window under a mansard roof, and overlooking a small Moorish veranda, there came a sound of woe.
The Squirrel Inn|Frank R. Stockton

British Dictionary definitions for mansard (1 of 2)

mansard

/ (ˈmænsɑːd, -səd) /

noun

Also called: mansard roof a roof having two slopes on both sides and both ends, the lower slopes being steeper than the upperCompare gambrel roof

an attic having such a roof

Word Origin for mansard

C18: from French mansarde, after François Mansart

British Dictionary definitions for mansard (2 of 2)

Mansart

/ (French mɑ̃sar) /

noun

François (frɑ̃swa). 1598–1666, French architect, who established the classical style in French architecture

his great-nephew, Jules Hardouin (ʒyl ardwɛ̃). 1646–1708, French architect and town planner, who completed the Palace of Versailles

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