[vee-guh] 
| a rough-hewn beam, usually of fir, used to support the roof in adobe construction. |
| vi·ga (vē'gə) n. Southwestern U.S. A rafter or roofbeam, especially a trimmed and peeled tree trunk whose end projects from an outside adobe wall. [American Spanish, from Spanish, perhaps from Latin bīga, team of horses, cart (from the long pole between the two horses); see yeug- in Indo-European roots.] |