MEANING
A horizontal roof beam that supports rafters or roof covering.
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Words that belong together
- timber purlin
- roof purlins
- exposed purlin
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The exposed purlins ran the length of the barn.
A split in one timber purlin worried the surveyor.
Dust settled on the purlin above the loft door.
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Word forms
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- purlin
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular purlin; plural purlins. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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