Gambrel roof n 1.
Gambrel roof meaning.
Architecture chiefly brit a hipped roof having a small gable at both ends 2.
A two sided roof with a double slope on each side the lower slope having the steeper pitch.
Gambrel roof definition a gable roof each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one.
A hipped roof having a small gable at both ends meaning pronunciation translations and examples.
A gambrel or gambrel roof is a usually symmetrical two sided roof with two slopes on each side.
The usual architectural term in eighteenth century england and north america was dutch roof the upper slope is positioned at a shallow angle while the lower slope is steep.