mansard
Also called mansard roof . a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part.: Compare French roof.
the story under such a roof.
Origin of mansard
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How to use mansard in a sentence
The high sloped roof, in place of the mansards one usually sees, may be considered an innovation in a structure of its epoch.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy | Francis Miltoun
British Dictionary definitions for mansard
/ (ˈmænsɑːd, -səd) /
Also called: mansard roof a roof having two slopes on both sides and both ends, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper: Compare gambrel roof
an attic having such a roof
Origin of mansard
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