roofline

[roof-lahyn, roof-]

noun

1. the outline of a rooftop.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roofline¹

First recorded in 1855–60; roof + line ¹

Example Sentences

Approaching the building from East Mariposa Street, one encounters only the central garden, the Nest’s key gathering space, sloping toward its edges as it traces the roofline of the buildings below.

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For the main theater, to avoid changing the building’s historic roofline, crews excavated below the original slab, lowering the stage and audience levels so catwalks, rigging and lighting grids could fit under the low profile.

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Paths bend instead of cut; curving benches — cast in smooth, gently tapering concrete — echo the museum’s fiber-reinforced cement roofline.

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Homeowners can replace porous vents with fire-resistant ones designed to keep out windswept embers, and install ember-resistant gutter guards that allow rainwater but stop vegetation from piling up on the roofline.

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Then Cruise appeared, spotlit atop the stadium’s curved roofline.

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