| 单词 | rig-tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrig-tree rig-tree n. now chiefly English regional (northern and east midlands) the horizontal wooden beam running the length of the top of a roof ridge, at which the two sloping sides of the roof meet; the ridge pole of a building. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > pole prick1497 rig-treea1642 ridge pole1729 lodge-pole1805 pike1827 roof jack1958 a1642 in H. Best Rural Econ. in Yorks. (1857) 148 They will sowe downe theire thatch in fower places,..lastly, aboute a yard or more belowe the rigge-tree. 1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 419 A prick-post under the rig-tree. 1889 Ld. Tennyson Demeter & other Poems 38 When the rigtree was tummlin' in. 1972 Country Life 30 Mar. 791/3 At the apex a saddle carrying the rigg-tree (ridge pole) joins each pair of cruck timbers. < as lemmas |
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