gabled: roof sloping downward in two parts from a central ridge; the gable is the part of an outside wall in the shape of a triangle between the sloping roofs— gambrel: a ridged roof with two different slopes on each side of the ridge, the lower slope having a steeper pitch (sometimes called a Dutch roof)— hipped: a roof with four uniformly pitched or sloping sides— mansard: two slopes on each of its four sides; one part very steep and curved, often with dormers