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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).


Origin:
1755–65, Americanism


gambrel-roofed, adjective
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gambrel roof  
n.  A two-sided roof with a double slope on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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