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Dictionary: dor·mer   (dôr'mər) pronunciation
 
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n.
  1. A window set vertically into a small gable projecting from a sloping roof.
  2. The gable holding such a window.

[Obsolete French dormeor, sleeping room, from dormir, to sleep. See dormant.]


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Real Estate Dictionary: Dormer
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1. A window projecting through a sloping roof (single dormer).

2. The roofed structure containing such a window (shed dormer).
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Victorian; chopped cooked lamb mixed with rice and suet, rolled into sausage shapes, coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried.

 
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Window set vertically in a structure that projects from a sloping roof. It often illuminates a bedroom. In the late Gothic and early Renaissance periods, elaborate masonry dormers were designed. Dormers were used along with the mansard roof to defy a Parisian law limiting buildings to six stories; the seventh story was called a garret (or attic) and was made habitable by the dormer. See also gable.

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South African dual-purpose sheep with fleece of 22 to 24 micron fiber diameter. Produced by crossing Merino and Dorset Horn breeds.

 
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For people named Dormer, see Dormer (surname).
An English street showing gable dormer windows

A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.[1]

Often conflated with the term 'dormer', a dormer window is a window set into the dormer. Like skylights, dormer windows are a source of light and ventilation for top floors, but unlike skylights (which are flush with the roof surface) they also increase the amount of headroom in the room and allow for more usable space.

A blind dormer is a dormer that can only be seen from the outside of the house: it's roofed off on the inside, and doesn't provide any extra space or light. These are often used in McMansions to make the house appear more impressive.

A dormer will often be one of the primary elements of a loft conversion.

Types

A link dormer
A shed dormer

The main types of dormer are:

  • Gable fronted dormer: the front of the dormer rises to a point at the ridge of the dormer roof. Also known as a dog-house dormer.
  • Hipped roof dormer: the roof slopes back from front of structure to a point farther back.
  • Flat roof dormer: the roof of the dormer is flat.
  • Shed dormer: A dormer (window) whose eave line is parallel to the main roof eave line.[2]. Shed dormers can provide more attic space and head room than gable dormers, but can not be the same pitch as the main roof so sometimes different roof sheeting is required. Often used in gable-roofed homes, a shed dormer has a single-planed roof, pitched at a shallower angle than the main roof.
  • Wall dormer: A dormer whose face is the face of the wall below, breaking the line at the cornice/
  • Link Dormer A large dormer that houses a chimney or joins one part of a roof to another.[3].



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References

  1. ^ Barr, Peter. "Illustrated Glossary", 19th Century Adrian Architecture, accessed June 17, 2009.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Architecture & Construction, C.M.Harris.
  3. ^ A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. Francis D.K. Ching
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Translations: Dormer
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kvistvindue

Nederlands (Dutch)
dakkapel

Français (French)
n. - lucarne

Deutsch (German)
n. - Dachgaube, Mansardenfenster

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικοδ.) παράθυρο σοφίτας

Italiano (Italian)
abbaino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - janela (f) de água-furtada

Русский (Russian)
слуховое окно

Español (Spanish)
n. - buhardilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vindskupefönster, mansardfönster

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
天窗, 老虎窗

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 天窗, 老虎窗

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지붕창

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 屋根窓

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نافذة مستقيمه ناتئه من سقف مائل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חלון-גג‬

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