purlin

English

Alternative forms

• purline

Etymology

Information on the origin of the term is scant at best. According to Websters it comes from 15th-century English. According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary, it is "Middle English, perhaps of French origin". Other sources reference Middle English or 15th-century English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɜːɹlɪn]

Noun

purlin (plural purlins)

1. A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof.

Hyponyms

• (longitudinal structural member of a roof): purlin plate, principal purlin, common purlin

Derived terms

Derived terms

• back through purlin
• butt purlin
• clasped purlin
• clasped through purlin

• common purlin
• principal purlin
• purlin plate
• staggared butt purlin

• tenoned butt purlin
• threaded butt purlin
• through purlin
• trenched through purlin

Translations

longitudinal structural member of a roof

• Catalan: corretja (ca) f
• Danish: ås (da) c
• Finnish: kitapuu
• French: panne (fr) f
• Galician: carreira f
• German: Pfette (de) f
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• Irish: taobhán m
• Korean: 도리 (ko) (dori)
• Polish: płatew m
• Spanish: correa (es) f
• Thai: แป (bpɛɛ)
• Welsh: tulath f, trawslath f

Further reading

• purlin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia