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A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one.
A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.
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n.
An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia.
v. t.
To cover with a roof.
n.
Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter.
n.
The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.
n.
The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
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The edge of the tiling projecting over the gable of a roof.
imp. & p. p.
of Roof
n.
One who puts on roofs.
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The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof.
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That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth.
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The act of covering with a roof.
a.
Having no roof; as, a roofless house.
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Having roofs.
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Having a roof, or top, shaped like an inverted U; wagon-headed.
n.
The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard.
n.
A small roof, covering, or shelter.
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Having a hip roof.
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