overroof

noun, verb, adj — 4 senses

overroof

noun

Etymology From over- + roof.

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.1988, Old-House Journal, volume 16, number 5, page 51:

overroof

verb

Etymology From over- + roof.

1

To construct a roof above (an existing roof or structure).

2

Poetic To cover like a roof.

overroof

adj

Etymology From over- + roof.

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.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 40:

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