shed roof

noun

1. a roof having a single slope.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shed roof¹

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

Another was placed at the end that was to be the highest, so to give the right slope to the roof, which was a shed roof.

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For a summer camp, however, I have finally come to prefer the simple lean-to or shed roof.

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And so, with the rain pattering down upon the shed roof, I left the old man to his wood-chopping.

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He's slipped out over the shed roof, for his window's open; though I don't see how he dared drop to the ground.

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Palmerston drove into the square shadow of the shed roof, and set his feet comfortably upon the dashboard while he waited.

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