Sen. Obama, who has taught courses in constitutional law at the University of Chicago, has regularly referred to himself as a constitutional law professor, most famously at a March 30, 2007, fundraiser when he said, I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution..
Hip roof. A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid.
1. mainly British. 1  a hipped roof having a small gable at both ends. 2  a roof having two slopes on both sides, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper. 3  a roof with two slopes on each of its two sides, the lower steeper than the upper.