saddleback roof

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At its center was a particularly gorgeous tongkonan, the traditional ancestral home of the Torajans, with a massive saddleback roof that rose to two peaks like a stylized Viking ship.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2015

The tower is topped by a saddleback roof, the base of which is hidden north and south by a balustrade with an openwork design.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Lebert, Marie

The church tower - with its saddleback roof, its balustrade and its gargoyles - emerges above the roofs of the village.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Lebert, Marie

A Gothic gargoyle at another angle of the balustrade hiding the base of the saddleback roof of the tower.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Lebert, Marie

The saddleback roof rests north and south on a cornice supported by modillions.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Lebert, Marie