lean-to roof
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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
Behind the unprotected front part of the stage the middle part was covered by a lean-to roof sloping down from the rear wall of the building and supported by two pillars standing on the stage.
From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington
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
The western alley is part of an interesting fifteenth-century house which is built over it, and the south alley has a lean-to roof.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)
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)
