housetop
n.— «Sometime in 1998, she stitched the pieces into a geometric pattern known to quilters as a housetop.» —“Stamp of approval” by Casandra Andrews in Boykin Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama) July 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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