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Mansard roof

Mansard roof Meaning & Definition
Mansard roof Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mansard roof?

[n] a hip roof having two slopes on each side

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mansard roof: mansard

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See Also | curb roof | French roof

Mansard roof In Webster's Dictionary

\Man"sard roof"\ [So called from its inventor, Fran[,c]ois Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished French architect, who died in 1666.] (Arch.) A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.

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