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pur⋅lin

  [pur-lin]
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–noun
a longitudinal member in a roof frame, usually for supporting common rafters or the like between the plate and the ridge.
Also, purline.
See diags. under king post, queen post.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME purlyn, purloyne, akin to AL perliō; of uncert. orig.
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pur·lin also pur·line   (pûr'lĭn)   
n.  One of several horizontal timbers supporting the rafters of a roof.

[Middle English.]
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