Found 2 items, similar to mansard roof.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: mansard roof mansard roof n : a hip roof having two slopes on each side [syn: mansard]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Mansard roof Mansard roof \Man“sard roof”\ [So called from its inventor, Fran[,c]ois Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished French architect, who died in 1666.] (Arch.) A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one. [1913 Webster]