Crown-Post

Crown-Post
♦ Post standing on a tie-beam to support the collar purlin and usually with four-way struts to it and the collar or its braces. Often shaped like a small column, the short examples usually dating from the 14th century, the tall and slim ones from the 13th and 15th centuries.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 411)

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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