mansard

[ man-sahrd, -serd ]
/ ˈmæn sɑrd, -sərd /

noun

Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
the story under such a roof.

Origin of mansard

1725–35; < French mansarde, named after N. F. Mansart

Words nearby mansard

manque, manqué, manresa, manroot, manrope, mansard, mansart, manscape, manse, mansell, manservant

Example sentences from the Web for mansard-roof

  • Sometimes I speculate as to whether it can be due to the mansard-roof of their house.

    The Whole Family |William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton

  • Those bedrooms under the mansard-roof are miracles not only of ugliness, but discomfort, and there is no attic.

    The Whole Family |William Dean Howells, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Heaton

British Dictionary definitions for mansard-roof

mansard
/ (ˈmænsɑːd, -səd) /

noun

Also called: mansard roof a roof having two slopes on both sides and both ends, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper Compare gambrel roof
an attic having such a roof

Word Origin for mansard

C18: from French mansarde, after François Mansart