What is the external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions called?
hip — (Arch.) The external angle formed by the meeting of two sloping sides or skirts of a roof, which have their wall plates running in different directions. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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