Found 2 items, similar to rooftree.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rooftree
rooftree
n : a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment
for upper end of rafters [syn:
ridge,
ridgepole]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rooftree
Rooftree
\Roof"tree`\, n.
The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
[1913 Webster]
Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the
rooftree fall. --Tennyson.
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