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RIDGEPOLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ridgepole mean?
• RIDGEPOLE (noun)
The noun RIDGEPOLE has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: RIDGEPOLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("ridgepole" is a kind of...):
beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)
Holonyms ("ridgepole" is a part of...):
gable roof; saddle roof; saddleback; saddleback roof (a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end)
Context examples
From there he gained the roof of a chicken-house, passed over the ridgepole and dropped to the ground inside.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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