noun-modifying (irregular), noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
A roof with slopes on all four sides. Often used attributively as in 寄棟屋根 or 寄棟造り.
See also: 寄せ棟造り
この家は寄棟の屋根を持っている。
This house has a hipped roof.
寄棟造りは日本の伝統建築によく見られる。
Hipped roof construction is often seen in traditional Japanese architecture.
Compound of 寄せ (yose, 'gathering, bringing together') + 棟 (mune, 'ridge'), referring to a roof where the slopes gather at the ridge from all sides.