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curb-roof
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 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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kirb-roof
kirb, kirble, kirb-roof var. curb, kerb, curble, curb-roof. Oxford English Dictionary
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curbed
▪ I. † curbed, ppl. a.1 Also courbed. [f. curb v.1] Bent, bowed, curved.[c 1430 Lydg. Bochas i. xx. (1554) 36 b, Thing y{supt} is courbyd or wrong..To make it seme as it went vpright. c 1450 Merlin 261 Longe and courbed, and brode sholderes and leene for age.] 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg... Oxford English Dictionary
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mansard
mansard Arch. (ˈmænsəd) [a. F. mansarde (toit en mansarde), f. name of Fran{cced}ois Mansard, French architect, 1598–1666.] a. A form of curb-roof, in which each face of the roof has two slopes, the lower one steeper than the upper. Usually mansard roof.1734 Builder's Dict. II. s.v. Roof, This last ... Oxford English Dictionary
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curb
▪ I. curb, n. (kɜːb) Forms: 5–7 corbe, curbe, 6–7 courbe, 7 courb, corb, kurbe, 7– curb (dial. 6–7 crubb(e, 9 crub); also β. (chiefly in senses 8–13) 7 kerbe, 7–9 kirb, 9 kerb. See also crub. [The senses here placed all derive ultimately from F. courbe adj. (= Pr. corb, Sp., Pg., It. curvo):—L. curv... Oxford English Dictionary
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knee
▪ I. knee, n. (niː) Forms: α. 1–3 cneow, cnew, (1 cneu, kneu), 3 cno(u)w, (Orm.) cnewwe, 4 know(e, knew; pl. 1 cneow, -u, -a; 3 -en; 2–4 -es. β. 1–3 cneo, 3 cne, 3–5 kneo, 3–6 kne, 5– knee; pl. 1 cneo; 1–5 -en, -n; 3– -s. [Com. Teut.: OE. cnéow, cnéo neut., = OFris. kniu, kni, knē, OS. knio, kneo (D... Oxford English Dictionary
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