saddle roof

Questions about saddle roof

What does saddle roof mean?

saddle roof means "a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end".

What is another word for saddle roof?

Close synonyms include gable roof, saddleback, saddleback roof. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is saddle roof a common word?

saddle roof is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.