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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ridgepole \Ridge"pole`\, n. (Arch.)
   The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the
   rafters are secured.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ridgepole
    n 1: 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 [syn: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree]