[SPAN sb.1] A roof consisting of two inclined sides.
1823. P. Nicholson, Pract. Build., 593.
1881. Young, Every Man his own Mechanic, § 1304. When a building … has been made with a span-roof, sloping on both sides.
1901. J. Black’s Carp. & Build., 22. If the structure be independent or stand alone a ‘span’ roof (fig. 7) will be needed.
attrib. 1851. B’ham & Midl Gardeners’ Mag., May, 65. A span-roof pit is the most suitable for this purpose.
1881. Blackmore, Christowell, i. It was a long, low, span-roof house. Ibid., vii. His span-roof forcing-house.
Hence Span-roofed a., having a span-roof.
1836. Parker, Gloss. Archit. (1850), I. 432. The body of a church is span-roofed and its aisles shed-roofed.
1842. Loudon, Suburban Hort., 611. They may also be grown as standards in a span-roofed house.
1860. T. Rivers, Orchard House, 20. A span-roofed orchard house, 30 feet long, 14 feet wide.
