ridgepole
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈrɪdʒˌpoʊl/
- Specialized
:
cumbrera
- During the renovation, we replaced the old ridgepole with a stronger beam.
- walk on the ridgepole
Examples
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The carpenter explained how the ridgepole supports the structure of the roof.
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At the back of the building, a brick chimney rose above the ridgepole.
Fiction book (1990) -
To stop is to return to wuji, to remove the ridgepole from the tent and let it settle with no form.
Blog text (28) -
Anne doesn't walk a ridgepole, but mentions in song that she fell off a roof over the summer.
Blog text (15) -
Well, when I was a boy in Kentucky, a fella and his girl had hunt up a bunch trees like that cut one down for a ridgepole and build their cabin alongside the other.
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Like those sparrows stopping in the eaves, in the shade, not flying all the way to the ridgepole.
Fiction book (1996) -
In the beginning posture, Wuji, "without ridgepole," your chi is formless, pooled in your lower dan tien.
Blog text (28) -
Fifty yards beyond this artifact, a hedgerow stands like an overgrown Celtic fortification, and another fifty yards west of the hedge is a cottage with a hunched and crooked ridgepole.
Fiction book (1994) -
The workers secured the rafters to the ridgepole to ensure the roof was stable.
Synonyms
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9.6
A horizontal beam that supports roof rafters
A beam along the top ridge of a roof that supports the rafters
A horizontal board at the top of a roof where the sloping beams meet
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ridgepole comes from ridge ('top', like the ridge of a hill) and pole ('a long stick'), so it is literally the long beam that sits along the very top of a roof. That's why a ridgepole holds the two sides of the roof together.