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Part of tent peg and rod lie around
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ridgepole
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Word definitions for ridgepole in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters [syn: ridge , rooftree ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 a horizontal pole that supports the roof of a tent 2 a beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ridgepole \Ridge"pole`\, n. (Arch.) The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also ridge-pole , 1670s, from ridge (n.) + pole (n.1).
Usage examples of ridgepole.
Ducking sideways to avoid the ridgepole, he continued without preamble.
On their bellies they slithered to the top of the ridgepole, until they could peer over the edge of the wall walk just across the way.
Though not made of planks, they were similar to the A-shaped dwellings made by the Sharamudoi, except the ridgepole did not slope and they were asymmetrical.
But the dried grass and reeds had expanded with the moisture, making it harder for smoke to escape, and it began to accumulate along the ridgepole at the ceiling.
His father had slung his pack from a ridgepole near the doorway to keep it dry.
I checked my thatching and twine and mallet and nails, and began sliding across the ridgepole toward the hole.
I slid farther along the ridgepole and cautiously tried my weight on a bamboo rafter.
Tetahiti had helped the builders with the ornamental lashings of the ridgepole, and on the morning when the house was finished, toward the end of the month, he strolled up to admire the completed work.
Then it was all around the tent, and suddenly the front flaps billowed inward, while the heavy lamps hung from the ridgepole were swung to and fro like ships tossed on a stormy sea.
She levitated the ridgepole, which had been too heavy for them to hoist.
It was constructed of planks which were leaned against a ridgepole that itself sloped to the ground.
The slender ridgepole teetered undecidedly, then collapsed and disappeared into the deep hole, taking its hide cover and all it contained with it.
This time the cover hide, which was shared by the hunters from Lion Camp with a few others, was draped across a slanting ridgepole with one end jammed into the ground and the other braced up by the crotch of a tree.
Seven and a half feet up to the ridgepole from the floor-unless there was something wrong about his ruler-but that was foolish.
Seven feet and a half to the ridgepole, and I fit under it, standing erect, with perhaps an inch or two to spare.