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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.
gambrel roof
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Chiefly Brit a hipped roof having a small gable at both ends
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Chiefly US and Canadian a roof having two slopes on both sides, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper Compare mansard [1] Sometimes shortened to gambrel
gambrel-roofed  adj
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Noun1.gambrel roof - a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steepergambrel roof - a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
gambrel
gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback - a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
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