mansard.

A roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope being steeper than the upper.

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Words that belong together

• mansard roof
• slate mansard

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Dormer windows punctuated the slate mansard.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular mansard; plural mansards. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: uncommon.