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cradle roof
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Definition of cradle roof
: a timber roof much used in the middle ages with the rafters, collar beams, and braces of each truss combined into a form approaching that of an arch and thus giving the effect of a series of arches or when ceiled of a barrel vault — compare compass roof
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