roof|tree

roof|tree
roof|tree «ROOF TREE, RUF-», noun.
1. the main horizontal timber along the top of a roof; ridgepole.
2. Figurative. a roof; home: »

... to seek shelter under a strange rooftree (Anthony Trollope).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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