mansard (n.)

  1. a hip roof having two slopes on each side

    [ Syn: mansard roof ]

    mansard (adj.)

  1. (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'

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