ROOFTREE - Definition

Pronunciation:		r'ooftr`ee
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters

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	Synonyms:	ridge, ridgepole

	See Also:	beam, gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Roof"tree`\, n. 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.