Faile said, standing crouched under the ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [Knife of Dreams]
Lyng on the ridgepole of a doghouse would not help. From Wordnik.com. [stuff happened] Reference
But the little birds were sitting on the ridgepole, singing. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference
You have the ridgepole for your house, and I have one for mine. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
The provisions were piled up nearly to the ridgepole at the back. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
And when he went to look for the shivered ridgepole, he couldn't find it anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Son]
He then hung the lantern from a hook on the ridgepole, beneath the damp, brown tarpaulin. From Wordnik.com. [Kajira Of Gor]
The post that supported the ridgepole of her tent toppled unceremoniously across her knees. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
There is always an extra layer of leaves over the ridgepole as a protection against the rain. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
The man was sweating profusely, his mouth tight shut, his eyes fixed on the tent's ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [The Misenchanted Sword]
"Our good luck is beginning today," he assured her, and his sweating over the ridgepole ceased. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
Fully awake now, the men then pitched in and spent the rest of the night replacing the ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON] Reference
The pavilion was there, but a nearby oak had pulled up its roots, toppled, and broken the ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic of Recluce]
Distraught, he hobbled home, looked up at his precious ridgepole and threw himself upon his wife's mercy. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
Once he hobbled proudly home with a long piece of timber, and the ridgepole of the roof was slung into place. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
In the pre-op area, I held a month-old girl who was entranced by the dim electric light hanging from the ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [The Human Cost of Cheap Cell Phones] Reference
I made opening so I could slide the ridgepole (carefully!) through the tent rather than hanging it from the ridgepoles. From Wordnik.com. [Wall tents] Reference
Parallel with the ridgepole, light slats were fixed, joining the trees, forming a sloping roof that reached to the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the Earth]
Numerous light rafters of wood or of bamboo extend from the ridgepole in parallel rows at intervals of 30 to 40 centimeters. From Wordnik.com. [The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir] Reference
With the conifer trees, the Scotch pine, the white spruce, the balsam fir and the ridgepole pine are those which are growing. From Wordnik.com. [Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916] Reference
Inside her tent, Kahlan found Spirit standing on a little table, the lamp hanging from the ridgepole lighting her proud pose. From Wordnik.com. [Men Don't Leave Me] Reference
Crozier had once again ordered the lower spars to be swung around along the parallel axis of the ship, using them as a ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [The Terror]
It will be noticed that the front is partly closed by logs leaned against it and resting against the front crosspiece or ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898] Reference
Bernard Palissy doubtless never went so far as plaster cats on a ridgepole, as one may see to-day on many a pretty villa in northern. From Wordnik.com. [Royal Palaces and Parks of France] Reference
Abruptly recalled to the fact that she had thrown off her overrobe, she flushed bright pink and groped over the ridgepole for her leathers. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
Two were burning on the ridgepole of the Granville cabin. From Wordnik.com. [A Virginia Scout] Reference
"I knew a girl in Marysville who could walk the ridgepole of a roof.". From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
"I dare you to climb up there and walk the ridgepole of Mr. Barry's kitchen roof.". From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
When the third day dawned, the tent was buried nearly to the ridgepole under snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Man from the Bitter Roots] Reference
One night I had a shot at one that was squawking on the ridgepole keeping us awake. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
A faint, thin film of blue was eddying along the ridgepole of the kitchen addition. From Wordnik.com. [Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way] Reference
If he had told me to dance a jig on the ridgepole of our barn, I would have tried it. From Wordnik.com. [Laddie; a true blue story] Reference
The pillars that had supported the ridgepole were still standing in some of the ruins. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Alaska] Reference
Don't he look ridiculous, sitting up there a-straddle of his ridgepole, with a tin-cup?. From Wordnik.com. [Back Home] Reference
She drew off her glove and, leaning over, felt the blankets that were thrown over the ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold Girl] Reference
At the other end of the ridgepole Keith made out the dark forms of two men from another company. From Wordnik.com. [The Gray Dawn] Reference
The mysterious artisan who had laid the cabin, log by log, had pegged a wind-vane to the ridgepole. From Wordnik.com. [The Son of the Wolf] Reference
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