ROOFTREE
rooftree
Noun
- The primary beam of a roof, ridgepole; hence, the roof.
- Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. — Tennyson.
- A home; household.
- The correct costume had to be hand-made by each individual or 'rooftree' (family group) ... — The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift
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