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Significados de ridgepole en inglés

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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.

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Uso de ridgepole en inglés
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
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