ˈcurb-roof
[curb n.]
A roof of which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper than the upper; a mansard-roof.
| 1733 F. Price Brit. Carpenter (1753) 18, B is called a kirb roof, and is much in use, on account of its giving so much room withinside. 1820 Tredgold Carpentry (1853) 95 It appears to have been with a view of lessening..height that the Mansard or curb roof was invented. 1879 D. J. Hill Bryant 143 A spacious..mansion..with a curb-roof, antique dormer windows. |