rigging treen.
/ˈrɪɡɪŋ triː/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡɪŋ ˌtri/ 1. 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. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Shetland and Perthshire in 1968.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > roof-beam > rafter > ridge-pole
firstOE
first-roofOE
rigging tree1589
ridge piece1611
ridge tree1649
ridge pole1657
pole piece1901
1589–90 Crail Burgh Court 31 Jan. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Pan, n.2 For ane riging tree and pan tree xv s.
a1732 T. Boston Serm. & Disc. (1756) 48 They dwell in the tents of sin, till the rigging-tree break, and there is no abiding longer.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 348 Riggen-tree, a piece of timber laid along the ridge of a roof to support the heads of the spars.
1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate I. iv. 74 Ill pleased I was at the fule thing, that cost as muckle as would hae repaired the house from the wa' stane to the rigging-tree.
1896 L. Proudlock Borderland Muse 67 Lang spider webs..hung frae the riggan tree.
1911 Caledonian Nov. 309/1 They..that are no contentit an' crouse aneath his ain riggin-tree, but yaumer for a langer tether.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 104/1 Riggintree, the ridge-tree of a roof.
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society > law > legal obligation > bond or recognizance > requiring or giving legal security > [noun] > legal security > mortgage > mortgagee
mortgagee1584
wadsetter1678
the man astride the rigging tree1855
encumbrancer1858
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 140 ‘The man astride the riggin tree’, the person who holds a mortgage on the premises.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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