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mansard

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man·sard  (mnsärd)
n.
The upper story formed by the lower slope of a mansard roof.
[French mansarde, after François Mansart (1598-1666), French architect.]
mansarded adj.
mansard
Noun
a roof with two slopes on both sides and both ends, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper [after François Mansart, architect]
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Noun1.mansardmansard - a hip roof having two slopes on each side
mansard roof
curb roof - a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge
French roof - a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular
Adj.1.mansard - (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper; "the story formed by a mansard roof is usually called the garret"
hipped - (of a roof) sloping on all sides; "a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables"
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They go to the university to put a mansard roof on their whole general education; but the German student already has his mansard roof, so he goes there to add a steeple in the nature of some specialty, such as a particular branch of law, or diseases of the eye, or special study of the ancient Gothic tongues.
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