Cruck-Spur

Cruck-Spur
♦ Small timber projecting from the outer edge of a cruck blade to support or anchor the wall plate, used in an open cruck truss without a tie-beam.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 411)
Related terms: Crucks, BaseCrucks

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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