Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rooftree"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rooftree \Roof"tree`\, n.
The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the
rooftree fall. --Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rooftree
n : a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment
for upper end of rafters [syn: {ridge}, {ridgepole}]
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