lean-to roof
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The apartment was very small, with a lean-to roof, but then I reigned over it in solitary grandeur, while a dozen commercial travellers were packed into the three or four other bedrooms in the house.
From Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. by Becker, Bernard H.
As the clerestory windows were not altered, the lean-to roof of the triforium was of course made much more flat than before.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)
The south aisle, which was probably rebuilt a little before 1300, is broader and has a separate lean-to roof.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by Thompson, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)
It was a thankful Constance that lay down beside Damaris that night, beneath the lean-to roof.
From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames
A frame like a lean-to roof had first been erected; rafters had next been laid upon that; and, thereupon thin square portions of bark were laid, like tiles.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
