Definitions for gambrel roof
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
gam′brel roof′(n.)
a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one.
Category: Architecture
Origin of gambrel roof:
1755–65, Amer.
Princeton's WordNet
gambrel, gambrel roof(noun)
a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
Wiktionary
gambrel roof(Noun)
A roof design having two slopes on the sides and gables in the ends.
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