dormer

Definition

A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.

Etymology

From Middle French dormoir (“sleeping room”), from dormir (“to sleep”).

Example Sentences

• "Then we came to a high white wall that surrounded a large garden, and within it was a long, massive building of some beauty and pretension, with a high, latticed belfry and heavy walls and with arched dormers in the sloping roof."