A hip roof having two slopes on each side; SYN. mansard roof.
Kind of roof with two slopes, the upper being the less steep; garret formed within such roof.
(frz.) Nach dem frz. Architekten J.H. Mansart (1646, +1708) benannter Dachausbau zu Wohnzwecken.
(Of a roof) Having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper