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purlin plate
noun
, Carpentry.
- (in a curb roof ) a purlin at the top of a lower slope supporting the ends of the upper rafters at the curb.
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One-half of Rory's purlin plate slipped from its splicing, the pin having been neglected in the furious haste, and swinging free, fell crashing through the timbers upon the scurrying, scrambling men below.
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