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pavilion roof

American  

noun

  1. a pyramidal hip roof.


Etymology

Origin of pavilion roof

First recorded in 1875–80

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Kyle Schwarber had two home runs including one that seemed to disappear off the right-field pavilion roof.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2025

My best memories of Gas Works Park are of stepping up off the ground to climb up the piping under the pavilion roof.

From Seattle Times Oct. 1, 2023

At the Rose Bowl, the pavilion roof is tented, and as Pietersen surveyed it from the opposite end it may have struck him that it looked a little like the Mound Stand at Lord's.

From The Guardian Aug. 19, 2012

The dinner was delayed for half an hour while police investigated a suspicious-looking box discovered on the pavilion roof.

From Time Magazine Archive

It flowed off the pavilion roof like a waterfall.

From Tom Slade's Double Dare by Owen, R. Emmett (Robert Emmett)

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