Rooftree

Definitions

1. The primary beam of a roof; the ridgepole; hence, the roof itself.
2. A home; a household.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Howsoever these things be, a long farewell to Locksley Hall! / Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall⟳.”

“there an Annunciation that annihilates time by showing a rooftree throw⟳ the shadow of a cross between the Virgin and the angel […]”

“[T]he merry company flocked into the King's House, to dance⟳ again and drink⟳ tea, and make⟳ more love⟳, and play⟳ round games, and joke, and sing⟳ songs, and eat⟳ supper under old Colonel Stafford's snug and kindly roof-tree.”

“With the idea, presumably, of inducing the doctor's wife to leave⟳ her husband's roof-tree for some habitation which would be run⟳ at my expense, I had crammed my pockets with a store of banknotes, which represented a good deal⟳ of my immediate worldly wealth.”

“He had forgotten that a prophet is without honor under his own⟳ rooftree.”

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