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ridgepole
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ridgepole has 1 sense
- ridgepole(n = noun.artifact) ridge, rooftree - 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; Array is a kind of beam
is a part of gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof
CIDE DICTIONARY
ridgepole, n.
The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured. [1913 Webster]
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