mansard

Variant of mansard (roof)

mansard (roof) definition

man·sard (roof) (man′särd)

noun

a roof with two slopes on each of the four sides, the lower steeper than the upper

Etymology: Fr mansarde, after F. Mansard (1598-1666), Fr architect, who revived the use of such roofs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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