Meanings
plural gambrel roofs
- A roof design having two slopes on the sides and gables in the ends.
It was certainly a depressing place, with a huge, gambrel roof which came down over the upper windows and nearly obscured them.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019Synonyms: curb roof
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA roof design having two slopes on the sides and gables in the ends.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish mansardikatto
- mansardikattoroof design
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gambrel roof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gambrel%20roof
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