housetop

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Two generations later, during the Civil War, Moby-Dick author Herman Melville stood in the night on his Manhattan housetop as he watched the city burn.

From Time • Sep. 19, 2014

The first shot sends a screaming firework over a housetop and into the trees.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2011

Scarcely had she moved from the British-protected waters before her crew saw rockets flare from a housetop on the Rock.

From Time Magazine Archive

A cone on the housetop lets in air which settles evenly down in a slow draft.

From Time Magazine Archive

When all in the house had eaten, old Wakara went out on the housetop and shouted,— “My sons, I call you all to come in for a short while.”

From Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind by Curtin, Jeremiah