noun
Etymology
Origin of rooftree
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at roof, tree
Example Sentences
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Thereupon they snatched a stork from a good citizen's rooftree, colored it red like their flags, set it free.
From Time Magazine Archive
Faith nurses his crippled father under the old rooftree, moving about the house "like a restless fire."
From Time Magazine Archive
I wanted to go to the rooftree of Maine to start my trip before turning west.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
The red sun leaned its rim on the rooftree of Tollot’s house on the Blanco Road, and Tollot’s chimney stuck up like a black thumb against it.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
But even while he pondered and decided, the god of earthquake heaved a wave against him high as a rooftree and of awful gloom.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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