rooftree Meaning, Definition & Usage
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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
ridge; ridgepole.
WordNet
Roof"tree` noun
Definitions
The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. Tennyson.
