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Meanings of ridgepole in English
Usage of ridgepole in English
1
The provisions were piled up nearly to the ridgepole at the back.
2
I shall walk that ridgepole, Diana, or perish in the attempt.
3
While I considered the question, two more weather vanes popped out of the ridgepole.
4
Along the ridgepole cautiously sidled the two men of the other company, dragging their hose.
5
Again the sharp whack of the axes cut out a ridgepole and two forked supports.
6
When the third day dawned, the tent was buried nearly to the ridgepole under snow.
7
The ridgepole was, perhaps, twenty feet from the ground.
8
From fork to fork they placed a strong ridgepole.
9
But what would you have done, Marilla, if you had been dared to walk a ridgepole?
10
But this hulk is mine,-minefrom the mud to the ridgepole, with every rotten timber in it.
11
There is always an extra layer of leaves over the ridgepole as a protection against the rain.
12
A ridgepole was anchored in the ground at the back and supported by a pole in front.
13
It was constructed of planks which were leaned against a ridgepole that itself sloped to the ground.
14
Exposed beams on either side of the ridgepole crisscrossed, forming long projections like horns crowning a general's headgear.
15
In fact the ridgepole was fine.
16
The mysterious artisan who had laid the cabin, log by log, had pegged a wind-vane to the ridgepole.
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