A mansard or mansard roof also called a french roof or curb roof is a four sided gambrel style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope punctured by dormer windows at a steeper angle than the upper.
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You may not see such roofing style in most traditional homes but they can be easily found in barn houses and similar modern places.
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A barn house featuring a gambrel roof via byler barns and backyards.
An earlier reference from the dictionary of americanisms published in 1848 defines gambrel as a hipped roof of a house so called from the resemblance to the hind leg of a horse which by farriers is termed the gambrel websters dictionary also confusingly used the term hip in the definition of this roof.
Now that you have a clear idea about what a gambrel roof is like let us explore the mansard roof in detail.
The term is also used for a single mansard roof in france and germany.
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