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purlin

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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 origen". Other sources reference Middle English or 15th-century English.

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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.

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