ridgepole

Words with a similar base: ridgepole

'ridgepole'

[ridge.n.06] as in: 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

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					ridgepole (English)
├── pole (English)
│   ├── pole (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   └── pole (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
│       └── polus (Latin)
│           └── πόλος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── ridge (English)
    └── rigge (Middle English (1100-1500))

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