How To Use Ridgepole In A Sentence

The mikko descended wooden stairs from his steep-roofed palace, its ridgepole adorned with sculptures of ivory-billed woodpeckers. Fire The Sky
It was usually bolted through a beam, or the ridgepole in some cases. DOLL'S EYES
Sculptures of Falcon and Rattlesnake adorned the ends of the soaring ridgepole, as if to threaten the Sky World itself. Fire The Sky
Covering an area of about 1,000 square metres, it was richly ornamented with carved beams and painted ridgepoles.
I have a wife for you — nay, two wives, for your days are short and I shall surely live to see you hang with my fathers from the canoe-house ridgepole. CHAPTER XVIII

I made opening so I could slide the ridgepole (carefully!) through the tent rather than hanging it from the ridgepoles. Wall tents
None of the traditional carved totems rose from the ridgepole. Fire The Sky
From there he gained the roof of a chicken-house, passed over the ridgepole and dropped to the ground inside. The God's Domain
We passed one of the elaborate clan houses, this one festooned with magnificent raccoon carvings; one was seated atop the ridgepole over the doorway, his forepaws dangling. Fire The Sky
It was usually bolted through a beam, or the ridgepole in some cases. DOLL'S EYES
We passed one of the elaborate clan houses, this one festooned with magnificent raccoon carvings; one was seated atop the ridgepole over the doorway, his forepaws dangling. Fire The Sky
That place on the downslope of the ridgepole looks like it needs replacing.
This venerable edifice is covered by one of those vast roofs with four sides, a ridgepole decorated with leaden ornaments, and a round projecting window on each side, such as Mansart very justly delighted in; for in France, the Italian attics and flat roofs are a folly against which our climate protests. An Historical Mystery