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beam, whereas mansard roofs form a rectangular shaped crease, outlined by the curb beams, with a low-pitched roof inside this rectangle.

French roof is often used as a synonym for a mansard but is also defined as an American variation of a mansard with the lower pitches nearly vertical and larger in proportion to the upper pitches.

In France and Germany, no distinction is made between gambrels and mansards - they are both called "mansards". In the French language, mansarde can be a term for the style of roof, or for the garret

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