Now that you have a clear idea about what a gambrel roof is like let us explore the mansard roof in detail.
Mansard roof barn.
The mansard roof is a combination of gambrel and hip roof.
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Well the roof particularly defines the form of art rather than just making an architectural design for functionality.
An earlier reference from the dictionary of americanisms published in 1848 defines gambrel as a hipped roof of a house so called from the resemblance to the hind leg of a horse which by farriers is termed the gambrel websters dictionary also confusingly used the term hip in the definition of this roof.
The term is also used for a single mansard roof in france and germany.
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A barn house featuring a gambrel roof via byler barns and backyards.
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