Rooftree

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rooftree \Roof"tree`\, n.
     The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the
           rooftree fall.                           --Tennyson.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rooftree
       n : a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment
           for upper end of rafters [syn: {ridge}, {ridgepole}]