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gambrel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gambrel roof |
| Type of | gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof |
Examples of gambrel
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Dutch Colonials often have a gambrel roof and matching chimneys on both sides of the home.
From the theepochtimes.com
It is generally characterized by a broad gambrel roof with flaring eaves.
From the statesman.com
From the outside one sees a gambrel roof and the signature double windows in the gable ends.
From the democratandchronicle.com
The house was designed and built by an English architect and features a slate gambrel roof and front and back porches.
From the post-gazette.com
A thin mist rises like a mourner's veil above the gambrel roof, and low-slung clouds bathe the grounds in perpetual gloom.
From the nytimes.com
Later, Habitat for Humanity restored the house, an interesting gambrel-roof structure with clapboard siding painted a bright blue.
From the boston.com
Towering over all is a massive Dutch gambrel barn, with both heat and central air, that served a former owner as an aircraft hangar.
From the boston.com
The 1890-built house has a gambrel-shaped roof with recently replaced yellow clapboard siding and a red asphalt shingle roof.
From the bostonherald.com
Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
- A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering; a roof that has two pitches on each side, where the upper roof area has less slope than the lower roof areas
- (gambrelled) Having a gambrel
- (n): hooked stick, possibly for hanging clothes. NFS. Cf. Chapman D'Olive (2d OED citation).
- A metal bar placed between the hind legs of a hog carcass to separate the legs and suspend the carcass.
- Roof, generally hip which terminates in a small gable at the ridge.
- A gable roof with two pitches; the lower is the steeper, while the pitch approaching the ridge is much gentler. Associated with barns and Dutch Colonial Architecture.
- A double-slopes roof where the lower slope is of a greater pitch than the upper one, gables at each end. Also called a hay barn roof.
- A roof that has two different pitches.
