Purlin, Butt

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)

Medieval glossary. 2014.

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  • 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 — ♦ Longitudinal horizontal beam. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) Related terms: Purlin, Butt, Purlin, Side, Purlin, Through, Purlin, Collar, Ridge Purlin …   Medieval glossary

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  • Ridge Purlin — ♦ Longitudinal timber at the apex of a roof, against which rest the upper ends of the rafters. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 414) Related terms: Purlin, Purlin, Butt, Purlin, Collar, Purlin, Side, Purlin, Through …   Medieval glossary

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