hip-and-gable roof

  • 1hip roof — hip roofed, adj. Archit. a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof. See illus. under roof. [1720 30] * * * ▪ architecture also called  hipped roof   roof that slopes upward from all sides of a structure, having no vertical ends. The hip… …

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  • 2Roof pitch — Relates to the slope and inclination angle of a roof in building construction. A roof is considered pitched with a gradient greater than 15 degrees (slope greater than 3.215 in 12).Carpenters frame (build) rafters to pitch a roof. A roof s pitch… …

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  • 3Hip roof — A bungalow in Chicago with a hipped roof …

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  • 4roof — rooflike, adj. /roohf, roof/, n., pl. roofs, v. n. 1. the external upper covering of a house or other building. 2. a frame for supporting this: an open timbered roof. 3. the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world. 4.… …

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  • 5Gable — This article is about the architectural feature. For other uses, see Gable (disambiguation). A gable roof in its simplest form A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and… …

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  • 6Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… …

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  • 7hip knob — noun : a finial, ball, or other ornament at the intersection of the hip rafters and the ridge of a roof * * * hip knob, Architecture. a knob or other ornament placed on the top of the hip of a roof, or on the apex of a gable …

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  • 8Gablet roof — A gablet roof (in Britain) or Dutch gable (America and Australasia) is a roof with a small gable at the top of a hipped roof. The term Dutch gable is also used to mean a gable with parapets.A drawback of a hip roof is its reduced available attic… …

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  • 9Dutch gable — This article is about a gable roof with a parapet. For a roof with a small gable above a hip, see gablet roof. Dutch gables of varying complexity decorate the garden facade of Montacute House built circa 1598 A Dutch gable or Flemish gable is a… …

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  • 10Mansard 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 …

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