dormer

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I left a gutter in place along a shed dormer, above the roof of my three-season porch.

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  1. noun A window set vertically into a small gable projecting from a sloping roof.
  2. noun The gable holding such a window.

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  • I left a gutter in place along a shed dormer, above the roof of my three-season porch. —  RutlandHerald.com
  • (Though Lay notes that the exterior porch, dormer, and asbestos siding came later and can be removed.) —  Readthehook.com - Current Articles
  • This superb detached dormer-style residence is located only four miles from Loughrea town.
  • The only condition is that the warping roof terrace is covered in real slate like the original. the design was constantly evolving we submitted another application just few weeks later, including solid wall insulation at rear, slightly enlarged dormer (in order to get the stairs in) and a domestic wind turbine. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • He slid down to the dormer, and placing the ladder beside him, drew it up so that he could reach the eighth rung. —  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series
 

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  1. Obsolete French dormeor, sleeping room, from dormir, to sleep; see dormant.

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  1. Formerly also dormar; from Old French dormeor, dormior, dormor, also dormitor, a sleeping-room, from Latin dormitorium, a sleeping-room: see dormitory.
 

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/ˈdɔrmər/
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