Rooftree

Word ROOFTREE
Character 8
Hyphenation roof tree
Pronunciations /ˈɹuːftɹiː/

Definitions and meanings of "Rooftree"

What do we mean by rooftree?

The ridgepole of a roof. noun

A roof. noun

The beam at the ridge of a roof; the ridge-pole. noun

Hence The roof itself. noun

The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. noun

A home; household. noun

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 noun

The primary beam of a roof, ridgepole; hence, the roof.

A home; household.

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The word "rooftree" in example sentences

His rooftree was the Arizona sky, and his home the place where his adopted master camped at night. ❋ Henry Herbert Knibbs (1909)

The correct costume had to be hand-made by each individual or 'rooftree' (family group) and while the everyday 'habit' of ❋ Unknown (2010)

"rooftree," but another instinct, as deeply rooted, and more ready to exhibit itself, was also moving within him. ❋ Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby (1891)

Kel lumbered back up into the air to perch on the rooftree of one of the log houses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

To see the woman they should be struggling on the rooftree to become ❋ Unknown (2007)

Jamie was sitting astride the rooftree, rocking to and fro over one hand, which he held curled into his belly. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (2005)

Jarmin had to stoop to fit under the rooftree, and he shoved Skif roughly down onto the pallet, and gestured impatiently at his tunic. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)

Now he sat on the rooftree with his back against one of the chimneys, using its bulk to conceal his silhouette, and took deep, slow breaths to calm himself. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)

He slipped over the rooftree to the next chimney; the hatch into the crawl space was just on the other side of it. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (2001)

Something stirred on the rooftree as I pulled the door hanging aside so Suvrin could enter. ❋ Cook, Glen (1999)

Kethry had once described summoning as being "like balancing on a rooftree while screaming an epic poem in a foreign language at the top of your lungs." ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1998)

I havena got a rooftree or a bedstead, or a pot to piss in! ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (1997)

They want it, too: The owl didn't move his head, but Darian knew that they meant Hweel and Huur, sitting side-by-side up on the rooftree. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1997)

To Darian's relief, he caught sight of Huur, Hweel, and an awkward-looking youngster dozing on the rooftree nearest Snowfire, where they had evidently been most of the night, with Daystorm's bondbird corbies keeping the natives at a respectful distance. ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1997)

Ewan looked at Jamie, hesitating as though lost for direction, then at his nod, ducked and disappeared beneath the low rooftree of the hut. ❋ Gabaldon, Diana (1992)

Enfolded in the soft scent of peat and the sigh of sea wind through the chimes on the rooftree above the loft where he slept during childhood, Emien relaxed. ❋ Wurts, Janny (1989)

It ran the full two stories of the house and above could be seen the peaked roof with slanting joints that met at the rooftree. ❋ Kemelman, Harry (1976)

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