purlin , auch: purline

Information on the origin of the term "Purlin" is scant at best.

Common rafters pass over and are supported by a principal purlin, if present.

Heavier under purlin are used to support longer rafter spans.

A comparable element in roof construction is a purlin.

The rafters rise from end plates to a purlin where the roof pitch changes.

Fishes only game in town for purlin.

The house is covered with board and batten siding and has a purlin roof.

It is a two story, heavy timber frame structure with queen post and purlin roof framing.

Usually the purpose of having a larger rafter is to carry a purlin which supports the rafters in each bay.

During the restoration, ridge purlin raising ceremony took place on 3 June 1999, in which all senior members of the clan participated.

Among all the rituals of restoration of traditional Chinese buildings, ridge purlin raising is the most significant one.

A "binding rafter" is not a rafter but an obsolete name for a purlin or support.

The roof was sheathed with cedar shingles and had exposed log purlin structure on the interior, which is a single room.

Purlin plates are beams which support the mid-span of rafters and are supported by posts.

Purlin plates are very commonly found in large barns in the U.S.

A purlin roof consists of horizontal logs that are notched into the gable-wall logs.

Butt rafter: A smaller rafter interrupted by and joined to a butt purlin.

Original roof of closely spaced trusses with collars and former collar purlin and crown posts.

According to the Oxford Dictionary suggests a French origin with the earliest quote using a variation of purlin in 1447.

Log cabins were constructed with either a purlin roof structure or a rafter roof structure.

The purlin roofs found in rural settings and locations, where milled lumber was not available, often were covered with long hand-split shingles.

A rafter can be reinforced with a strut, principal purlin, collar beam, or rarely an auxiliary rafter (see below).

A vertical free-standing pole supports that portion of the ridge pole extending beyond the ridge purlin.

On a purlin roof the ridge posts carry the ridge purlin.

The knee wall takes the place of a purlin, providing support to rafters which therefore need not be large enough to span from the ridge to the eaves.