peaked roof

English
A building with a peaked roof in the sense of rising to form a ridge
A tower with a pyramidal peaked roof. The view includes a range of other, less conspicuous peaked roof shapes.
Thatch, as a medium, is suited to the construction of conical peaked roofs, as in rondavels

Noun

peaked roof (plural peaked roofs or peaked rooves)

  1. In the building trade, generally denotes a roof with two pitches rising to form a ridge, typically a gable roof
  2. More generally, any roof rising to a point, or peak, typically either conical or with its pitches forming a pyramidal top
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