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shed roof

n. (context construction English) A roof having only one sloping plane and no hips, ridges or valleys.

Usage examples of "shed roof".

Siuan lay stretched out on her back in a dark woolen riding dress much like Mm's, staring at the shed roof, idly tapping her chin with a straw.

I decided it would be a good day to check on the condition of the shed roof.

It tapped on the yellow hood of the boy's slicker, sounding to his ears like rain on a shed roof .

A mackerel gull banked past, bleating a series of raucous yells, then flapped wings while settling onto the weather vane of a shed roof in a yard below.

Allow me to continue by saying only that I quickly realized that the sound came from hummingbirds in this vast overgrown place, and when I stood quite still beside Merrick, I fancied I saw them hovering as they do, near the fiercely sprawling flower-covered vines of the shed roof.

And a moment later, More Jam himself shoved his way through the front ranks and joined Bill and the others under the shed roof.

The roses along the fence were a glory of color, the rusty shed roof had disappeared beneath an expanse of green, and brilliant flags flew from every fence post, each printed with a helm, a lute, or a quill and proclaiming the boundaries of the Medieval Midsummer's Night Faire.