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roof-top

n.

also rooftop, 1610s, from roof (n.) + top (n.1).

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Examples from the Web for roof-top

Craddock Sahib will without doubt be found—if he is yet alive—in some quiet garden or on some roof-top.
Barclay of the Guides|Herbert Strang
The Chemist rose after a moment and from the roof-top spoke a few words to the people in the street below.
The Girl in the Golden Atom|Raymond King Cummings
She hurried home and upstairs to the roof-top a good twenty minutes before her scheduled return.
Our Square and the People in It|Samuel Hopkins Adams
A dark cloaked and hooded figure stood by the balustrade that ran along the roof-top.
The Continental Dragoon|Robert Neilson Stephens

At Federicka's, late at night, when others had gone to sleep, he went up on the roof-top to study the volcano.
When the Owl Cries|Paul Bartlett