rooftree
(noun)
noun
1. a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
Similar word(s): ridge, ridgepole
Definition categories: man–made, beam
Sentences with rooftree as a noun:
- Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. — Tennyson.
- The correct costume had to be hand-made by each individual or 'rooftree' (family group) ... — The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift