mansard roof

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man⋅sard

[man-sahrd, -serd]

–noun

1.	Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.

2.	the story under such a roof.

Origin:
1725–35; < F mansarde, named after N. F. Mansart

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mansard roof
n. A four-sided roof having a double slope on all sides, with the lower slope much steeper than the upper.

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Word Origin & History

mansard

1734, from Fr. mansarde, short for toit à la mansarde, named for Fr. architect Nicholas François Mansart (1598-1666).

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