purlin

English

Alternative forms

• purline

Etymology

Uncertain. Information on the etymology 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.

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Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈpɜːɹlɪn]

Noun

purlin (plural purlins)

1. A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof.
   • 2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops:

     The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes.

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
• Czech: vaznice (cs) f
• Danish: ås (da) c
• Finnish: kitapuu
• French: panne (fr) f
• Galician: carreira (gl) f, terza f, padia f
• German: Pfette (de) f
• Greek: τεγίδα (el) f (tegída)
• Hawaiian: ʻaho
• Irish: taobhán m
• Italian: terzera (it) f
• Korean: 도리 (ko) (dori)
• Malay: kasau lintang, gulung-gulung
• Maori: kaho
• Polish: płatew (pl) m
• Spanish: correa (es) f
• Swedish: takås (sv) c
• Thai: แป (th) (bpɛɛ)
• Welsh: tulath f, trawslath f

Further reading

• purlin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia