mansard (roof)
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Mansard roof — redirects here. For the Vampire Weekend song, see Mansard Roof (song). A mansard roof on the Château de Dampierre (1675–1683), by Jules Hardouin Mansart, great nephew of François Mansart. A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof) is a … Wikipedia
mansard roof — mansard UK [ˈmænsɑː(r)d] / US [ˈmænˌsɑrd] or mansard roof UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mansard : singular mansard plural mansards Word forms mansard roof : singular mansard roof plural mansard roofs a roof that slopes at a steeper angle at … English dictionary
Mansard roof — Man sard roof [So called from its inventor, Fran[,c]ois Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished French architect, who died in 1666.] (Arch.) A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mansard (roof) — or mansard [man′särd] n. [Fr mansarde, after F. Mansard (1598 1666), Fr architect, who revived the use of such roofs] a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper … English World dictionary
mansard (roof) — or mansard [man′särd] n. [Fr mansarde, after F. Mansard (1598 1666), Fr architect, who revived the use of such roofs] a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper … English World dictionary
mansard-roof — /manˈsärd roof/ noun A roof having its angle divided to slope more steeply in the lower part than in the upper (also manˈsard) ORIGIN: François Mansard or Mansart (1598–1666), French architect … Useful english dictionary
Mansard Roof (song) — Mansard Roof Single by Vampire Weekend from the album Vampire Weekend Released … Wikipedia
mansard roof — noun a hip roof having two slopes on each side • Syn: ↑mansard • Derivationally related forms: ↑mansard (for: ↑mansard) • Hypernyms: ↑curb roof … Useful english dictionary
mansard roof — /ˈmænsad ruf/ (say mansahd roohf), / səd/ (say suhd) noun a roof having two pitches, the upper slopes being flatter than the lower ones, usually with rooms in the roof space having dormer windows. Also, mansard. {named after François Mansart,… …
mansard roof — noun a) 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. b) A steeper roof that terminates into a flat roof at its high point … Wiktionary
