mansard
Americannoun
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Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part.
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the story under such a roof.
noun
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Also called: mansard roof. a roof having two slopes on both sides and both ends, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper Compare gambrel roof
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an attic having such a roof
Etymology
Origin of mansard
1725–35; < French mansarde, named after N. F. Mansart
Example Sentences
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In France, houses with low Mansard roofs were designed to shelter their occupants from taxes as well as the elements.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2016
The Mansard roof made the top floor essentially tax free.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2016
Mansard windows look down from a great grey building at a quadrangle dismal even in daytime.
From Time Magazine Archive
On each side of the circular pediment is a little "Mansard" window in the roof, and on the pediment itself are two statues.
From The Story of Rouen by Cook, Theodore Andrea, Sir
An artist of no mean merit, and pupil of Jules Hardouin Mansard, the chief architect of Versailles, where Frisoni had worked at the plans together with his master.
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)
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