span roof

noun

A common roof, having two slopes and one ridge, with eaves on both sides.

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Meanings

nounspan roof (plural span roofs)

plural span roofs

  1. A common roof, having two slopes and one ridge, with eaves on both sides.

    Sometimes these linhays are double: the same span roof furnishing two ranges of sheds

    1805, William Humphrey Marshall, The Rural Economy of the West of England
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APA

span roof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/span%20roof

MLA

“span roof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/span%20roof. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “span roof,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/span%20roof.

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