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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: mansarde, from François Mansard (1598-1666), French architect

mansard

 noun
     
Related topics: Construction
man‧sard also mansard roof [countable] technical
TBC a roof whose lower part slopes more steeply than its upper part
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