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saddleback roof

NOUN
gable 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

A massive tower topped by a saddleback roof rises at the transept crossing.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Marie Lebert

The large square tower — with its three floors in slight recess and a saddleback roof - is adjacent to the first row on the north side of the choir.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Marie Lebert

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 Marie Lebert

The tower, between choir and nave, is topped by a saddleback roof.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Marie Lebert




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