- purlin
- noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 15th century a horizontal member in a roof
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purlin
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Purlin — Pur lin, Purline Pur line, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Arch.) In roof construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
purlin — or purline [pʉr′lin] n. [ME purlyn < ?] a horizontal timber supporting the rafters of a roof … English World dictionary
Purlin — ♦ Longitudinal horizontal beam. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) Related terms: Purlin, Butt, Purlin, Side, Purlin, Through, Purlin, Collar, Ridge Purlin … Medieval glossary
Purlin — In architecture or structural engineering, a purlin (or purline) is a horizontal structural member in a roof. Purlins support the loads from the roof deck or sheathing and are supported by the principal rafters and/or the building walls. The use… … Wikipedia
purlin — Aho. ♦ Main house purlin, ke a, ahopueo. ♦ Horizontal purlin, ahokele. ♦ Thatch support purlin, a aho, ahopi o kuahui, ahohui … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Purlin, Butt — ♦ One interrupted by trusses at bay intervals, received on the sides of the principal rafters (box frame carpentry system). (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) Related terms: Butt Purlin, Purlin, Side, Purlin, Through, Purlin,… … Medieval glossary
Purlin, Collar — 1) One supporting a collar, or collars. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) 2) Horizontal longitudinal beam supporting collar. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 411) Related terms: Collar Purlin, Purlin, Side, Purlin,… … Medieval glossary
Purlin, Side — ♦ One supporting the common rafters, part way up the slope of a pitched roof and carried by roof trusses, partitions and end walls. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) Related terms: Purlin, Purlin, Butt, Purlin, Through, Purlin,… … Medieval glossary
Purlin, Through — ♦ One running uninterruptedly from end to end of building, carried on the backs of principals (cruck frame derivation). (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) Related terms: Purlin, Collar, Purlin, Butt, Purlin, Side, Purlin, Ridge… … Medieval glossary
purlin plate — Carpentry. (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb. Also called curb. * * * … Universalium
purlin plate — Carpentry. (in a curb roof) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb. Also called curb … Useful english dictionary
