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gambrel roof

noun

  1. a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard ( def 1 ).


gambrel roof

noun

  1. a hipped roof having a small gable at both ends
  2. a roof having two slopes on both sides, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper Compare mansard
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈgambrel-ˌroofed, adjective
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Other Words From

  • gambrel-roofed adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gambrel roof1

An Americanism dating back to 1755–65
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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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