dormer

Having had "a brief look at the roof space" on the applicant's house, he said things such as dormer windows could reduce roof space, meaning "less panels" could be installed.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

A dormer is a roofed structure for a window.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Stone, shutters and dormer windows bring colonial style to the exterior, and inside, the grand foyer showcases a Paul R. Williams trademark: the spiral staircase.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022

That something might be a chimney, a plumbing vent pipe, a powered attic fan, a turbine vent or a dormer, or it might be where two roof surfaces intersect.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2019

Sander led me upstairs to a small dormer room.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Their dormers hadn’t been built yet; the lawns hardly had grass; the trees were plants held steady by sticks, a piece of paper attached by wire to the branches: “Apple tree.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

An attic conversion could need dormers to elevate the roofline and turn it into a bathroom or bedroom that meets the code.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

The architectural towers sport cupolas, buttresses, dormers and booming cannons, and they’re decorated with floral garlands, war-trophy cartouches and jewel-toned colors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

A new insulated roof and dormers expanded the head space.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

Nothing of the houses but the roof sticks out above the snow, and the winter-doors may be set under the eaves or in the roof itself, like dormers.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin