mansard
- n a hip roof having two slopes on each side
- s (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper
the story formed by a mansard roof is usually called the garret
- Today, with their mansard roofs, double front doors, bay windows and rear gardens, these South End buildings are preserved by landmark rules.
- The blaze destroyed the mansard roof and cupola of the Louisiana State Museum, as the building is officially known, and its third floor.
- Gilded Age piles with mansard roofs or carpentered scrollwork were deeply out of fashion in the 1920s, when Hopper started seeking them out.