gambrel roof
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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.
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gambrel roof
n
Sometimes shortened to: gambrel 1. (Architecture) chiefly Brit a hipped roof having a small gable at both ends
2. (Architecture) chiefly US and Canadian a roof having two slopes on both sides, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper. Compare mansard1
ˈgambrel-ˌroofed adj
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gam′brel roof′
n.
a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one.
[1755–65, Amer.]
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| Noun | 1. |  gambrel roof - a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steepergable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback - a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end |
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