ridge-piece
ridge-piece. General term for the longitudinal timber or ridge-plate at the apex of a pitched roof where the rafters pitch against it. It may be rectangular, thin, and upright (ridge-plank), square, set square (ridge-plate), or square and set diagonally (ridge-purlin).
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