purlin

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

Noun

 * 1) A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: kitapuu
 * French:
 * Galician:, terza, padia
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: ʻaho
 * Irish: taobhán
 * Italian:
 * Korean:
 * Malay: kasau lintang, gulung-gulung
 * Maori: kaho
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Welsh: tulath, trawslath