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Definition of Ridgepoles
1. ridgepole [n] - See also: ridgepole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ridgepoles
Literary usage of Ridgepoles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London (1915)
"Roofs are sharply peaked, or gabled, and of immense height, the ends curving up,
Japanese fashion, with black ridgepoles. The thatch is sugar-cane, ..."
2. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1900)
"in globe-lamps were hung short here and there under the ridgepoles, and in the
blurred circles of light thrown down and trembling slightly to the unceasing ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1896)
"He flies often to the ridgepoles of houses, tops of posts or other conspicuous
positions, and one whom I found on the Drachenfels, flew to the very top of ..."
4. The Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs (1913)
"In August they will be perching upon telegraph-wires and upon the ridgepoles of
hay-barns, with the instinct of migration working in their little bodies. ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1905)
"The curving eaves of the red and golden pile, the carven cornices and lofty
ridgepoles, depict with exquisite grace and subtle fancy the royal peacock of ..."
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