Sentence examples for ridgepole from inspiring English sources

The roof beams spanned between the ridgepole and the walls; floor beams were supported on the walls and interior partitions.

These posts supported a ridgepole consisting of a tree trunk, the spreading roots of which were roughly shaped into the likeness of a hawk.

The same image was also used for the ridgepole of ceremonial houses and on huge ceremonial banners of bark and bamboo.

The central posts supporting the ridgepole were also carved in human form.

Dao is also the axis, the ridgepole, the pivot, and the empty centre of the hub.

The exterior carvings stress not the aspect of abundance but ancestral power: indeed, the whole building symbolizes the tribal founding ancestor, with the gable mask representing his face, the bargeboards his arms, and the ridgepole his spine.

The roof sloped from a high ridgepole directly to the platform floor in the rear.

These frames were usually rectangular in plan, with a central row of columns to support a ridgepole and matching rows of columns along the long walls; rafters were run from the ridgepole to the wall beams.

The lateral stability of the frame was achieved by burying the columns deep in the ground; the ridgepole and rafters were then tied to the columns with vegetable fibres.

To the south, in the Wakashan province, houses were typically rectangular and reached sizes of approximately 40 feet by 60 to 100 feet (12 metres by 18.25 to 30.5 metres); huge cedar posts with side beams and ridgepoles constituted a permanent framework to which were attached wall planks and roof planks that could be taken down, loaded onto canoes, and transported from one site to another.

The ridgepoles of the houses were carved with mythical characters, human and animal.