curb roof - a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge
mansard, mansard roof - a hip roof having two slopes on each side
roof - a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building ...
Mansard Roof - a curb roof in which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper than the upper. [f. F mansarde (F. M~, architect, d. 1666)] ...
Mansard Roof - A type of curb roof in which the pitch of the upper portion of a sloping side is slight and that of the lower portion steep. The lower portion is usually interrupted by dormer windows.
 See also: Curb, Architecture, Mansard, Gambrel, Ridge
  
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