roofagen.

1829 Lion 30 Oct. 570 Well then, through this unfortunate crack in the roofage of our sinful world, enters the third person of the trinity.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets x. 311 Branching limes, and elms with their..gnarled boles and sombre roofage.

1950 M. Peake Gormenghast xviii. 108 A posse of professors in a whirl of gowns and a shuffling roofage of mortar-boards.

1990 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 25 May We lacketh even a roofage of palm fronds over our heads.

1844 Rep. Commissioners State of Large Towns 364 This, it is clear, could only be done by causing them to bear a proper ratio to the roofage.

1857 Times 7 Aug. 5/4 One of the finest Government founderies in existence..has a roofage of seven acres.

1861 All Year Round 12 Jan. 345/2 The roofage and floorage present..endless diversities.

1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End 205 The gracefulness of its roofage, the delicacy of its carved work.

1887 W. G. Palgrave Ulysses 237 A spacious raised wooden shed,..roofed with thatch—your only Shinto wear for roofage.

1923 H. Johnston Story of my Life xi. 272 I decided..to replace the untidy thatched roof with corrugated iron..for one of the points about this material for roofage..was the undulating wiggly-waggly edge.

1995 Guardian (Nexis) 10 Jan. t4 The Royal Household receives more than pounds 20 million a year to look after five palaces comprising 100 buildings with 285 apartments, 6,000 rooms and 20 acres of roofage.