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ridge-pole
ˈridge-pole [ridge n.1 3.] 1. a. The horizontal pole of a tent.1788 A. Falconbridge Afr. Slave Trade 5 The sailors first lash the booms and yards from mast to mast, in order to form a ridge-pole. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 391 Captain's Marquee. Ridge-pole, length 6 ft. 11 in. 1855 Lon...
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ridge-pole
ridge-polen horizontal pole at the apex of the roof of a long tent (长形帐篷的)横梁.
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Roof tent
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Roof tents have traditionally taken the form of a conventional ridge-pole tent which can be folded into a compact package,
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ridge-tree
ˈridge-tree [ridge n.1] = ridge-pole 2.1641 Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 148 They will sowe downe theire thatch in fower places,..lastly, aboute a yard or more belowe the ridge-tree. 1793 Smeaton Edystone L. §100 Planks being well spiked down upon the ridge-tree and upon the sills on each side. 1844 H....
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Gateholm
The houses were built of turf with stone facings, the roof being carried on a ridge-pole between the posts.
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roof-tree
ˈroof-tree Also 5 ruff tree, roffetre, 6 (8) Sc. rufe, ruif tre, 7 roufe, 20 rooftree. [f. roof n.] 1. a. The main beam or ridge-pole of a roof. Also fig.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 435/2 Roof tree (or ruff tree), festum. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 777 Hoc festum, a roffetre. 1560 Rolland Seven Sages ...
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Ponaturi
Tangaroa takes the child to the bottom of the sea and makes him into a tekoteko (carved figure) on the ridge-pole of his house, above the door.
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Goiogouen
At the first visit of the Jesuits, Goioguen was described as "a village [of] long houses with ridge-pole roofs covered with elm bark... in the midst of
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salt-box
ˈsalt-box [f. salt n.1 + box n.2] 1. a. A box for keeping salt for domestic use. ‘Billy in the Salt-box’ was the title of a caricature referring to Pitt's budget of 1805, in which the salt-tax was greatly increased.1611 Cotgr., Saulnier,..a Salt-box. 1812 Examiner 12 Oct. 651/2 A few grains from the...
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Satricum
Lulof, The Ridge-Pole Statues from the Late Archaic Temple at Satricum (Le Ferriere), Amsterdam 1996
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Poggio Civitate
Intermediate phase orientalizing akroteria
The ridge-pole tiles of the roof were decorated with cut-out akroteria.
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gipsy
▪ I. gipsy, gypsy, n. (ˈdʒɪpsɪ) Pl. gipsies, gypsies. Forms: α. 6 gipcyan, gip-, gyptian, -sion, (jeptyon, -syon), gipson, -sen. β. 7 gypsey, -ee, 7–8 gypsie, 8–9 gipsey, 9- gypsy, 7– gipsy; pl. 7 gypsees, -ties, 9 gipseys, 7– gypsies, gipsies. [The early form gipcyan is aphetic for Egyptian (B. 2);...
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pine
▪ I. pine, n.1 Obs. or arch. (paɪn) Forms: 2– pine; also 3–5 pyn, 3–6 pyne, 4 pin. [Early ME. pīne:—OE. *pîn, a. L. pœna punishment, pain (see Pogatscher §130–134). Cf. OS. pîna, (MD. pîne, Du. pijne, pijn), OHG. pîna (MHG. pîne, pîn, Ger. pein), ON. p{iacu}na (Sw. pina, Da. pine); also OIr. pian (I...
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tent
▪ I. tent, n.1 (tɛnt) Forms: 3–6 tente, (5 teinte, teynte, 5–6 tentt(e, 6 tenthe), 4– tent. [a. OF. tente (12th c. in Godef. Compl.):—L. tenta, pl. of tentum, pa. pple. of tendĕre to stretch; = med.L. tenta, tentum tent (in Du Cange); cf. also It., Pr. tenda, Sp. tienda, med.L. tenda (13th c. in Du ...
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pole
▪ I. pole, n.1 (pəʊl) Forms: 1 pál, 4 pool, 4– pole; also 4–6 poole, 5 poll (pulle, Sc. poille), 6 polle, poule, poale, 6–7 powle, 9 (dial.) powl. [OE. pál = OLG. *pâl (OFris. pâl, MDu. pael, Du. paal, MLG., LG. pāl), OHG. phâl (MHG. phâl, pfâl, Ger. pfahl), ON. páll (Norw. paale, Sw. påle); ad. L. ...
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