Overroof
adj, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A roof constructed above another roof.
"Our contractor came to us fresh from putting an overroof (raised on 2 x 4 furring) on another old stone house. That house had had a standing-seam metal roof to which someone had stuck foam insulation; replacing the metal would have meant sacrificing the insulation."
- 1 To construct a roof above (an existing roof or structure). transitive
- 2 To cover like a roof. poetic, transitive
- 1 Conducted over rooftops.
"For a square or two he ran swiftly; then he turned into a little all-night café and in the lavatory removed the evidences of his over-roof promenade from hands and clothes. When he emerged a few moments later it was to saunter slowly on toward his apartments."
Example
More examples"Our contractor came to us fresh from putting an overroof (raised on 2 x 4 furring) on another old stone house. That house had had a standing-seam metal roof to which someone had stuck foam insulation; replacing the metal would have meant sacrificing the insulation."
Etymology
From over- + roof.
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