寄よせ棟むね

noun-modifying (irregular), noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

hipped roof; hip roof

A roof with slopes on all four sides. Often used attributively as in 寄棟屋根 or 寄棟造り.

See also: 寄棟造り

• この家いえは寄よせ棟むねの屋や根ねを持もっている。

  This house has a hipped roof.

• 寄よせ棟むね造づくりは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう建けん築ちくによく見みられる。

  Hipped roof construction is often seen in traditional Japanese architecture.