Definition of "rooftree" []

• The ridgepole of a roof. (noun)
• A roof. (noun)

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• "His rooftree was the Arizona sky, and his home the place where his adopted master camped at night."
• "The correct costume had to be hand-made by each individual or 'rooftree' (family group) and while the everyday 'habit' of"
• ""rooftree," but another instinct, as deeply rooted, and more ready to exhibit itself, was also moving within him."