ridge-tile

Again next time, he yanked in a big writing stone slab about the size of a ridge-tile.

Botchan (Master Darling) Soseki Natsume 1891

'I cannot live on the ground-floor, nor close by the ridge-tile; also my windows positively must not look into the churchyard.

The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works Thomas Carlyle 1838

Houses of Arrest in French land are getting crowded to the ridge-tile:

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

Patriotism rushes in, tumultuous, from grundsel up to ridge-tile, through all rooms and passages; rummaging distractedly for arms.

The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838