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ridgepoles
n. (plural of ridgepole English)
Usage examples of "ridgepoles".
He used a rock to pound forked sticks into the ground, put the ridgepoles into the raised torks, and then set about stretching the sodden blankets across them.
Special bannermen stood on the naked ridgepoles of the disintegrating houses, holding their company's ensigns as close as possible to the flames.