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Jerkinhead Roof Design | Uses, Pros, and Cons
A jerkinhead roof is a mix of gable and hip roofs. Gable roofs have two slopes that look like the sides of a triangle. Hipped roofs have four sides that slope ...
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JERKINHEAD Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of JERKINHEAD is a hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height leaving a truncated gable.
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“J” is for Jerkinhead: An Alphabet Soup of Architectural Terms
A jerkinhead gable is one in which the end of a gable roof is hipped and truncated, forming a small slope back to the ridgeline.
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jerkin-head
jerkin-head Arch. [Of uncertain origin: perh. for jerking-, from jerk v. (as if the slope were jerkily interrupted). Cf. kirkin-head, the earlier existence of which suggests that jerkin-head originated in some error.] (See quots.)1842–76 Gwilt Archit. (ed. 7) Gloss., Jerkin Head, the end of a roof n...
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Jerkinhead Roof | Definition, Design & Style - Lesson - Study.com
A jerkinhead roof provides a middle ground between a gable roof and a hip roof. It is more stable and sturdy than a gable roof, but leaves a more spacious ...
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Jerkinhead Roof - Houzz
A jerkinhead roof is a gable roof on which the peaks of the gable ends are clipped off with what resembles a hip roof.
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kirkin-head
kirkin-head Arch. [app. f. kirk n.] The end of a building in which the upper half of the gable is hipped off; the truncated gable and the triangular piece of roof above it; = jerkin-head, of which it is app. the original form.1703 T. N. City & C. Purchaser 22 All Buildings, where there is either a G...
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What is a Jerkinhead Roof? - Home Stratosphere
A jerkinhead roof combines the best elements of the gable roof and the hipped roof to create a rather intricate, interesting building topper.
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Design Intervention: 'Jerkinhead' isn't an insult, it's an architectural ...
It is a gable roof that has been cut off or clipped. The effect is a roof line that folds or leans back into the ridge.
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Jerkinhead Roof - YouTube
This video show the layout and how to set out a Jerkin Head Roof.
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JERKINHEAD definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Definition of 'jerkinhead'. jerkinhead in American English. (ˈdʒɜːrkɪnˌhed). noun. a roof having a hipped end truncating a gable. Also called: shreadhead. Most ...
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What Is a Jerkinhead Roof? - Pinterest
A Jerkinhead roof uses elements of both gable and hip roofs. It can either be thought of as a gable roof with hipped ends (cut short with the points turning ...
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Barclay House (Bedford, Pennsylvania)
It has a jerkin-head gable roof. It once housed the Bedford County Public Library.
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Edward J. Dahinden House
The house is stories, in the then-popular Craftsman style, clad in dark brick and stucco, with a full-width front porch, and a jerkin-head gable roof
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shread head
shread head Archit. [Cf. next.] = jerkin-head.1842 Gwilt Archit. Gloss. 1032.
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