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)

The interior of the building, consisting of one room and an attic covered by a lean-to roof, had undergone no change beyond the removal of Dame Trippew's pathetic stock at the time of her bankruptcy.

From The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

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

The aisle was consequently covered with a lean-to roof, or with a separate gabled roof of its own.

From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by Thompson, A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

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