🔤 Jerkinhead ✨
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URDU
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Roman Urdu:
chhat ki aisi qisam jismein choti hui dhalwan chhat hoti hai, chhat ka kata hua kona
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ENGLISH
📚noun
jerkinhead
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PRONUNCIATION
Standard: /ˈdʒɜːrkɪnˌhɛd/
Phonetic: /jur kin hed/
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DEFINITION
a roof whose gable ends are partly hipped, combining features of a gable roof and a hip roof
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES
The historic cottage had a jerkinhead roof with distinctive clipped gable ends.
Carpenters repaired the jerkinhead after winter storms damaged its shingles.
The architect chose a jerkinhead to complement the traditional house design.
A jerkinhead roof can reduce wind exposure near the gable peaks.
The survey recorded the jerkinhead as a notable feature of the farmhouse.
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SYNONYMS
clipped gable roof
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