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Meanings of ridgepole in English

Portuguese
cumeeira

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.

        cumeeira
        Usage of ridgepole in English
        1
        The provisions were piled up nearly to the ridgepole at the back.
        Where the Sun Swings North
        2
        I shall walk that ridgepole, Diana, or perish in the attempt.
        Anne of Green Gables
        3
        While I considered the question, two more weather vanes popped out of the ridgepole.
        The Book of Life
        4
        Along the ridgepole cautiously sidled the two men of the other company, dragging their hose.
        The Gray Dawn
        5
        Again the sharp whack of the axes cut out a ridgepole and two forked supports.
        The Lady of Big Shanty
        6
        When the third day dawned, the tent was buried nearly to the ridgepole under snow.
        The Man from the Bitter Roots
        7
        The ridgepole was, perhaps, twenty feet from the ground.
        Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
        8
        From fork to fork they placed a strong ridgepole.
        The Last of the Chiefs: A Story of the Great Sioux War
        9
        But what would you have done, Marilla, if you had been dared to walk a ridgepole?
        Anne of Green Gables
        10
        But this hulk is mine,-minefrom the mud to the ridgepole, with every rotten timber in it.
        A Gentleman Vagabond and Some Others
        11
        There is always an extra layer of leaves over the ridgepole as a protection against the rain.
        The Manóbos of Mindanáo / Memoirs of the National Academy of Sci...
        12
        A ridgepole was anchored in the ground at the back and supported by a pole in front.
        The Plains of Passage
        13
        It was constructed of planks which were leaned against a ridgepole that itself sloped to the ground.
        The Valley of Horses
        14
        Exposed beams on either side of the ridgepole crisscrossed, forming long projections like horns crowning a general's headgear.
        Bundori
        15
        In fact the ridgepole was fine.
        Empire of the Summer Moon
        16
        The mysterious artisan who had laid the cabin, log by log, had pegged a wind-vane to the ridgepole.
        The Son of the Wolf
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        Translations for ridgepole
        Portuguese
        cumeeira
        Ridgepole through the time