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What (who) is French roof - definition

FOUR-SIDED GAMBREL-STYLE HIP ROOF
Mansard; Mansard Roof; French roof; Curb roof
  • A mansard roof on the [[Château de Dampierre]], by [[Jules Hardouin-Mansart]], great-nephew of [[François Mansart]]
  • A cross-sectional diagram of a timber-framed Mansard roof; each of its four faces has the same profile.

Curb roof         
·- A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.
mansard         
['mans?:d, -s?d]
¦ noun
1. a roof having four sides, in each of which the lower part of the slope is steeper than the upper participle
2. Brit. another term for gambrel.
Origin
C18: from Fr. mansarde, named after the 17th-cent. French architect Francois Mansart.
curb roof         
¦ noun a roof of which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper than the upper.
?Brit. a mansard roof.

Wikipedia

Mansard roof

A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows. The steep roofline and windows allow for additional floors of habitable space (a garret), and reduce the overall height of the roof for a given number of habitable storeys. The upper slope of the roof may not be visible from street level when viewed from close proximity to the building.

The earliest known example of a mansard roof is credited to Pierre Lescot on part of the Louvre built around 1550. This roof design was popularised in the early 17th century by François Mansart (1598–1666), an accomplished architect of the French Baroque period. It became especially fashionable during the Second French Empire (1852–1870) of Napoléon III. Mansard in Europe (France, Germany and elsewhere) also means the attic or garret space itself, not just the roof shape and is often used in Europe to mean a gambrel roof.