Vocabulary : Ridge to Ridgepole

Ridge : The back, or top of the back; a crest. ;; A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. ;; A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc. ;; The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault. ;; The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. ;; To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges. ;; To form into ridges with the plow, as land. ;; To wrinkle.
Ridgeband : The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also ridgerope, and ridger.
Ridgebone : The backbone.
Ridged : of Ridge
Ridgel : Same as Ridgelling.
Ridgelet : A little ridge.
Ridgeling : A half-castrated male animal.
Ridgepiece : Alt. of Ridgeplate
Ridgeplate : See Ridgepole.
Ridgepole : The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.
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