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lean-to roof



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The chicken-house, a shack with a lean-to roof against the barn, was near and he stood by her as she looked in at the open door.

From The Cottage of Delight A Novel by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)

She laughed and ran lightly away, up the steep stairs that wound in threatening semi-spiral, up under the steep lean-to roof.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames

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 low lean-to roof; the slates and rafters unceiled; the stone walls and floor unplastered; ill-lighted by a hand-broad window, unglazed, and closed with a shutter at night.

From Hereward, the Last of the English by Kingsley, Charles

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)




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