peaked roof

Noun

 * 1) Any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge or a point. Types of pitched roof include: the open gable roof, box gable roof, Dutch gable roof, hip roof, jerkinhead roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, saltbox roof, pyramid hip roof or any other polygonal hip roof; but do not include the shed roof, or the butterfly roof.
 * 2) More generally, any roof rising to either a ridge or a point, typically either conical, polygonal, or with its pitches forming a pyramidal top.