hipped roof
Example Sentences
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The photographs showed fire within the house, just behind an entrance portico that includes rectangular brick or stone columns supporting a hipped roof.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2021
The Cheney house, built in 1903, was a broad-shouldered example of Wright’s Prairie style, its hipped roof extending protectively over a base of Roman brick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
Built on wheels that can be covered when parked, the Cyprus has a corner porch and hipped roof.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 21, 2015
The building exhibited recessed galleries on the north and south sides, and a flattish hipped roof.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
The cornice and chimney tops are corbelled, and there are iron cresting and finials on the ridge of the hipped roof.
From The Fairfax County Courthouse by Ross De Witt Netherton
