Glossary · D
Dormer
Also called dormers, dormer window
A window standing up out of a sloping roof, with its own small roof, to light a room in the roof space.
See also: Gambrel, Mansard roof
Rules that use the word
The mansard: a storey in the roof. Break the slope of the roof on all four sides: a steep lower slope, nearly a wall, which holds a storey of rooms lit by dormers, and a shallow upper slope, often invisible from the street.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Roof.
A feature of Craftsman architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
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