Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Plural form of housetop.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word housetops.

Examples

  • And when he was borne to his last resting place through the streets of the city, the sidewalks, the windows and the housetops were a throbbing mass of weeping women and men.

    The Victim A romance of the Real Jefferson Davis Thomas Dixon 1905

  • That then may be said to be preached upon the housetops which is spoken in the hearing of all men.

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

  • Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

    Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley: Step Four: Letting Go to Let in God's Light and Love Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley 2012

  • Then came the meagre breakfast, the tramp through the dark, and the pale glimpse of day across the housetops as he turned his back on it and went in through the factory gate.

    THE APOSTATE: written by Jack London 2010

  • Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

    Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley: Step Four: Letting Go to Let in God's Light and Love Rev. Dr. Paul Bradley 2012

  • Across a ragged sky-line of housetops a pale light was beginning to creep.

    THE APOSTATE 2010

  • In the interval the sun had made a golden ladder of the sky, flooded the world with its gracious warmth, and dropped down and disappeared in the west behind a ragged sky-line of housetops.

    THE APOSTATE: written by Jack London 2010

  • In the interval the sun had made a golden ladder of the sky, flooded the world with its gracious warmth, and dropped down and disappeared in the west behind a ragged sky-line of housetops.

    THE APOSTATE 2010

  • Then came the meagre breakfast, the tramp through the dark, and the pale glimpse of day across the housetops as he turned his back on it and went in through the factory gate.

    THE APOSTATE 2010

  • Across a ragged sky-line of housetops a pale light was beginning to creep.

    THE APOSTATE: written by Jack London 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.