lean-to roof
Example Sentences
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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)
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)
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
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)
