roof tree en · NOUN
Etymology
From roof + tree.
Meanings
- (archaic) The ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.
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(figuratively) By extension: a peaked roof, especially of a house; by further extension: a house, a dwelling structure, a building used as a home.
Everyone is supposed to know what a mortgage is. With most the experience is personal; in the course of a generation few roof trees avoid this affliction.
MORTGAGES-THE GENESIS OF THE LIEN THEORY, BY William H. Lloyd; Yale Law Journal, Volume 32, Article 3
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rooftree | alternative | lexicographic | |
| roof trees | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| roof-tree | alternative | lexicographic |