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What is the difference between a gambrel and a mansard?

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What is the difference between a gambrel and a mansard?

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The mansard is a curb hip roof, with slopes on all sides of the building, and the gambrel is a curb gable roof, with slopes on only two sides. (The curb is a horizontal, heavy timber directly under the intersection of the two roof surfaces.)
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