hipped roof

noun

1. a roof having sloping ends and sides

Example Sentences

The photographs showed fire within the house, just behind an entrance portico that includes rectangular brick or stone columns supporting a hipped roof.

From Washington Post

The top story is clad in stucco with an overhanging hipped roof.

From Washington Post

Both buildings are long, single-story structures with hipped roofs and wide chimneys.

From Wall Street Journal

The Cheney house, built in 1903, was a broad-shouldered example of Wright’s Prairie style, its hipped roof extending protectively over a base of Roman brick.

From Los Angeles Times

See that brick federal building with its hipped roof, dormer windows and stone keystones?

From Washington Post