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† ruff-tree see roof-tree 2 and rough-tree.c 1635 N. Boteler Dial. Sea Services (1685) 132 Roof⁓trees, or as they are vulgarly called, Ruff-trees, are those Timbers which go from the Half-deck to the Fore-castle, and serve to bear up the Gratings, and Ledges where the Nettings are fastned. 1789 Tran... Oxford English Dictionary
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rough-tree
rough-tree Naut. [In earlier use a var. of ruff-tree and roof-tree 2; later also f. rough a.] (See quot. 1769.)1629 Admiralty Court Exam. 48 Took the rough trees of the shipp and nayled deales upon them and launched them overboard. 1671 Phillips, Rough-trees, in Navigation, are small timbers to bear... Oxford English Dictionary
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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 ... Oxford English Dictionary
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