lean-to roof

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That at Liberton, a type common in Scotland but rare in England, is oblong, with lean-to roof and two compartments—probably to avoid disturbing the whole flock when 'squabs' were taken from the nests.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

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

Behind the unprotected front part of the stage the middle part was covered by a lean-to roof sloping down from the rear wall of the building and supported by two pillars standing on the stage.

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington

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

The large, well-built stone house of Daniel Sherman was still standing, made after the usual pattern, two stories high with a lean-to roof in the rear, and with low ceilings.

From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John