rantle-tree

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A tree chosen with two branches, which are cut short, and left somewhat in the form of the letter Y, set close to or built into the gable of a cottage to support one end of the rooftree.
• noun A beam which runs from back to front of a chimney, and from which the crook is suspended.
• noun Figuratively, a tall, raw-boned person.