- 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)
Medieval glossary. 2014.
Purlin, Collar
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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, 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
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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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 … Medieval glossary
