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Ridgepole

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ridgeboard, ridgepole
ridgeboard
ridge beam
A longitudinal member at the apex of a roof which supports the
Ridgepole 

(in Russian, okhlupen’,) in wooden architecture, the highest horizontal timber of a roof. In Russian wooden structures, the ends of the ridgepole often were carved. Ridgepoles were sometimes used in stone architecture, for example, in the religious buildings of medieval Pskov.
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I knew a girl in Marysville who could walk the ridgepole of a roof.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Thenceforth the Annos had feared the thorns too greatly to dare again, although ever their vindictiveness smouldered and they lived in hope of the day when Nalasu's head should adorn their ridgepole.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
From there he gained the roof of a chicken- house, passed over the ridgepole and dropped to the ground inside.
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