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/ɹɪd͡ʒ/ · noun
(anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped..
He thought it was no time to ſtay, / And let the Night too ſteal away, / But in a trice advanced the Knight, / Upon the Bare Ridge, Bolt upright, / And groping out for Ralpho’s Jade, / He found the Saddle too was ſtraid[…]
The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.
mountain ridge
It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick.
Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.
the British Guards lie down behind a ridge to avoid the shot and shell from the opposite heights
[…]Which to maintaine, I would allow him oddes, / And meete him, were I tide to runne afoote, / Euen to the frozen ridges of the Alpes, / Or any other ground inhabitable, / Where euer Engliſhman durſt ſet his foote.
Use ridge when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ridge means (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped..
Common synonyms include rooftree, ridgepole.
Possible antonyms include groove, trough.
He thought it was no time to ſtay, / And let the Night too ſteal away, / But in a trice advanced the Knight, / Upon the Bare Ridge, Bolt upright, / And groping out for Ralpho’s Jade, / He found the Saddle too was ſtraid[…]
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