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gambrel roof
noun
- a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard ( def 1 ).
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Derived Forms
- ˈgambrel-ˌroofed, adjective
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Other Words From
- gambrel-roofed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gambrel roof1
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Example Sentences
Two large windows, one in each end of the gambrel roof, afforded light and air.
The gambrel roof appeared before the eighteenth century and was commonly used in New England farmhouses.
The next roof-form, built from early colonial days, and popular a century ago, was what was known as the gambrel roof.
The gambrel roof had a certain grace of outline, especially when joined with lean-tos and other additions.
It was quite an old frame-building, two stories high, with a gambrel roof and tall chimneys.
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