A mansard is a four-sided roof with two slopes, steep at the bottom and flatter at the top, or the attic space formed by it.
A mansard is a roof with two slopes on all sides, the lower one being nearly vertical, or the upper story created by this roof.
| Front | mansard \MAN-sard\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A roof having two slopes on all four sides, with the lower slope almost vertical and the upper almost horizontal. 2. The upper story formed by the lower slope of a mansard roof. [French mansarde after Francois Mansart (1598-1666), French architect.] |
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