mansard

man·sard | \ ˈman-ˌsärd

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, -sərd \

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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Recent Examples on the Web The Victorian row houses -- and two Second Empire-style row houses with mansard roofs that are expected to follow in 2021 -- are being developed by the non-profit Northside Institutions Neighborhood Alliance, Inc., or NINA. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, "Development of downtown Hartford’s ‘Bushnell Park South’ could take cues from modest Asylum Hill row house project," 2 Dec. 2019 That facade, research showed, was originally cast iron on its lower four floors and sheet metal on its fifth level, the dormered mansard roof. — John Freeman Gill, New York Times, "Restoring Brooklyn’s Queen of Department Stores," 22 Nov. 2019 Some rooms have special features like a wooden Versailles parquet on the first floor or Parisian mansards on the top floor. — Kaitlin Menza, Town & Country, "The Best Room at...Hotel Splendide Royal in Paris," 8 Jan. 2019 The architects restored the exterior of the building, transforming its dilapidated white siding into something closer to the building’s original state with a mansard roof, cornices, and trim. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "1880s Victorian renovated into sustainable emergency shelter for families," 23 July 2018 The cheapest rooms have sloping mansard roofs that could be problematic for tall guests; the nicest rooms have a small terrace. — Laura Itzkowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, "5 Best Day Trips from Rome," 5 Mar. 2018 When the circa 1850, mansard-capped mansion at 168 Filors Lane in Stony Point, NY went up for sale earlier this year, the listing quickly went viral. — Elizabeth Finkelstein, Country Living, "The Most Incredible Estate Sale Is Happening This Weekend in New York," 1 Dec. 2017 GREENFIELD - With McDonald's ripping the double mansard roofs off of all its restaurants and generally updating the restaurants, the two McDonald's on Highway 100 in Greenfield appear to be next. — Jane Ford-stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "McDonald's proposes remodeling 2 restaurants on Highway 100 in Greenfield," 10 July 2018 It was originally built around 1871 in the Italianate style with a mansard roof as the 14th police precinct station house, and is across the street from DeSalvio Playground. — Rosalie R. Radomsky, New York Times, "Recent Commercial Real Estate Transactions," 27 Feb. 2018

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“Mansard.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mansard. Accessed 28 January 2020.

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