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Definitions of mansards in various dictionaries:
noun - a hip roof having two slopes on each side
noun - a type of roof
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Victorian roofs |
Island's retaining Sardinian roof styles |
Roofs with 4 sides, each with 2 slopes |
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Apr 9 2018 Irish Times (Simplex) |
Aug 19 2010 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
May 13 2007 New York Times |
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Plural form of mansard. |
a roof which has four sloping sides, each of which becomes steeper halfway down. |
Mansards might refer to |
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A mansard or Mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space (a garret), and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of habitable stories. The upper slope of the roof may not be visible from street level when viewed from close proximity to the building. * The earliest known example of a mansard roof is credited to Pierre Lescot on part of the Louvre built around 1550. This roof design was popularized in the early 17th century by François Mansart (1598–1666), an accomplished architect of the French Baroque period. It became especially fashionable during the Second French Empire (1852–1870) of Napoléon III. Mansard in Europe also means the attic (garret) space itself, not just the roof shape and is often used in Europe to |