mansard roof

Definition

A roof having two slopes on each side, the lower one having a steeper pitch than the upper; this increases the volume of the enclosed space.

Example Sentences

• "My parents live in Chisipite (in Shona, the local language, it means "spring," after the water source there), an outer suburb of the city, in a rather austere 1950s house, with a Dutch-style mansard roof, in an astonishingly fecund acre of garden."
• "For quotations using this term, see Citations:mansard roof."