lean-to roof

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The south aisle, which was probably rebuilt a little before 1300, is broader and has a separate lean-to roof.

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

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 archway of the same rough stone was the entrance, and immediately above it a lean-to roof sloped up to the top of the wall, which just here had been carried a little higher.

From Wood and Garden Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur by Jekyll, Gertrude

Said cells are built in long rows, under a lean-to roof, mostly opening face to face on an open corridor, which is uncovered.

From Letters from China and Japan by Dewey, John