arridge

[A.S. hrycg = the back of a man or beast; a ridge.) A ridge. "This staan tacks a fine arridge ." Craven Glo . (S. in Boucher .) [Fr. arète = (1) a fish-bone; (2) (Arsk.), see def.; O. Fr. areste.] Architecture: 1. The line in which the two straight or curved surfaces of a body forming an exterior angle meet each other. This intersection forms the edge of the body. 2. The same as ARRIS-GUTTER (q.v.).