mansard

Noun

man=sard

WORDNET DICTIONARY

mansard(n = noun.artifact) mansard roof - a hip roof having two slopes on each side; Array

is a kind of curb roof

has particulars: french roof

Derived form adjective mansard₁

mansard(s = adj.all) Array - (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"

Derived form noun mansard₁

mansard, n. a roof which has four sloping sides, each of which becomes steeper halfway down.

Etymology

F mansarde f. F. Mansard, Fr. architect d. 1666

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