Jerkinhead Roof Definition

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Jerkinhead roof definition.

Instead of rising to a point the gable is clipped short and appears to turn downwards. Most material 2005 1997 1991 by penguin random house llc. Webster dictionary 0 00 0 votes rate this definition. Jerkinhead roofs also known as clipped gables or snub gables are essentially a gable roof with the two peak ends are clipped off.

The advantage of this design is that the clipped ends to reduce potential wind damage to the home making the roof more stable. The jerkinhead roof style combines the best features of the gable roof a simple two plane roof with a central ridge and the hipped roof a roof with four sloping sides and a short center ridge. A half hip clipped gable or jerkin head roof has a gable but the upper point of the gable is replaced by a small hip squaring off the top of the gable. Though this word has uncertain origins the oed explains that it could have been a variation of kirkin head in which we find kirk an old scots variation of the word church.

Collins english dictionary complete and unabridged 12th edition 2014 harpercollins publishers 1991 1994 1998 2000 2003 2006 2007 2009 2011 2014. The end of a roof that is hipped sloped for only part of its height leaving a truncated gable. Jerkinhead in american english. A jerkinhead roof has a hipped gable.

Want to thank tfd for its existence. The technique creates a less soaring more humble effect on residential architecture. A roof having a hipped end truncating a gable. A roof having a hipped end truncating a gable.

The lower edge of the half hip may have a gutter which leads back on to the remainder of the roof on one or both sides.