Architecture chiefly brit a hipped roof having a small gable at both ends 2.
Gambrel roof meaning.
Gambrel roof n 1.
Gambrel roof definition is a roof with a lower steeper slope and an upper less steep one on each of its two sides.
Architecture chiefly us and canadian a roof having two slopes on both sides the lower slopes being steeper than the upper.
The usual architectural term in eighteenth century england and north america was dutch roof the upper slope is positioned at a shallow angle while the lower slope is steep.
Gambrel roof definition a gable roof each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one.
A two sided roof with a double slope on each side the lower slope having the steeper pitch.