hip roof
noun Architecture.
a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.
Origin of hip roof
First recorded in 1720–30
OTHER WORDS FROM hip roof
hip-roofed, adjectiveWords nearby hip roof
hip boot,
hip dysplasia,
hip flask,
hip joint,
hip pocket,
hip roof,
hip-hop,
hip-huggers,
hipaa,
hipbone,
hiphugger
Example sentences from the Web for hip roof
The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis |James Campbell ToddThe house is to be two stories high, with a hip-roof: the first ten, the second nine feet high.
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2) |Luke TyermanMost typical are the well-known "coffin-lid" and "hip-roof" forms.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis |James Campbell ToddThis has a hip-roof, which is the only essential difference between it and the types already shown.
Woodworking for Beginners |Charles Gardner Wheeler
British Dictionary definitions for hip roof
hip roof
noun
a roof having sloping ends and sides