Definition of mansard
: a roof having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper one — see roof illustration
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Even the employees of the resort’s Hotel Okura, a towering replica of Amsterdam’s Centraal Station replete with stone reliefs and mansard roofs, discovered themselves unable to come to my aid.
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Origin and Etymology of mansard
French mansarde, from François Mansart †1666 French architect
First Known Use: circa 1734
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