[
UK
/mˈænsɑːd/
]
NOUN
- a hip roof having two slopes on each side
ADJECTIVE
-
(of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper
the story formed by a mansard roof is usually called the garret
How To Use mansard In A Sentence
- It is fitting, therefore, that the newest additions to the block should also be à la mode with a mansard roof. Times, Sunday Times
- The city's overwhelming French influence in apparent in its mansard roofs, iron balconies, sidewalk cafes, and French signs.
- But asking Murial Cooper to deliver an ugly and ordinary book design would be like forcing Mies van der Rohe to put a mansard roof on the Seagram Building.
- And you might as well have champers: #31.60 for a bottle of Mansard.
- The restoration included erecting mansard roofs with handmade clay plain tiles and pantiles. Times, Sunday Times
- The buildings were combined and rebuilt from the third floor down and the original mansards reshaped into a single half barrel-vaulted roof.
- A mansard roof is at 70 degrees or more; adding two maximises usable floor space. Times, Sunday Times
- On the ground floor of the entrance facade, a shallow porch with four columns links the two bay windows, and a steep mansard roof with dormer windows is crowned by a grand octagonal cupola.
- There was a classic late - 60s early 70s apartment complex slumping under a heavy mansard roof; it was called ‘Pleasant View,’ and it overlooked a heap of dirt.
- He also restored the panelling and staircase, added a mansard roof extension, clad a rear wing in weatherboard and installed underfloor heating. Times, Sunday Times