gambrel

Example Sentences

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Here, rooflines are Hitchcockian, with gable and gambrel shapes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2022

The owner of a longtime Summerland antiques barn had died, and the "historically delightful" 1921 structure — complete with gambrel roof and grounds with potential — was available.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2018

River view, sitting porch with four Ionic columns, gambrel roof, two chimneys.

From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2016

In the center of Paramaribo, the capital, whitewashed wooden colonial buildings, festooned with multi-storey balconies and gambrel roofs, sit alongside grassy canals, providing a flavor of the country’s past as a Dutch colony.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2015

Its sides—clad in weather-beaten shingles and inset with a series of large windows—slanted obliquely inward, rising toward a gambrel roof.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown