单词 | ridgetop |
释义 | > as lemmasridgetop ridgetop n. (a) (attributive) designating a tile used to cover the ridge of a roof; (b) the crest of a mountain ridge or elevation. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > tile > [noun] > for roofing > for ridge roof tileeOE rig-tile1327 ridge tile1382 crest1430 crest-tile1477 rigging stone1573 crease1703 ridgetop1761 ridge tiling1795 crown tile1823 comb1824 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > crest of comba1325 edgec1400 rigging1541 ridge crest1848 ridgetop1849 chine1855 arête1862 back1863 crest-line1890 1761 T. Arnold Neues Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch (new ed.) 566/2 Förstziegeln, Ridge-Top or Corner-Tiles. 1832 W. Scott Stourbridge & Vicinity ii. 485 In the year 1817, the summit of the range called ‘The Ridge Top’, on the road from Stourbridge to Bridgnorth, was reduced in height more than eight feet.] 1849 A. Harris Emigrant Family III. xi. 211 He was thinking of meeting with the young lady on the level of the ridge-top rather than on the steep descent. 1877 J. Bryce Transcaucasia & Ararat i. 35 Looking from one of these billowy ridge-tops across the vast expanse. 1995 Canad. Geographic July 14/2 Buffeted by the wind, limber pines cling tenuously to ridgetops and the steep upper slopes of the Rockies in Alberta. < as lemmas |
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