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revent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post.

A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used. Lath brick, a long, slender brick, used in making the floor on which malt is placed in the drying kiln. Lath nail a…

oof plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.

ch.), a horizontal timber resting on the tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters. It differs from the plate in not resting on the wall.

t construction, a horizontal member supported on the principals and supporting the common rafters.

The timber forming the ridge of a roof, into which the rafters are secured.

A rafter. [Obs.] Holland.

Thin boards for shealting, as above the rafters, and under the shingles or slates, and for similar purposes.

An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.

post set at the same distance from the middle of the truss, for supporting the principal rafters, hanging the tiebeam, etc. -- Side rod. (a) One of the rods which connect the piston-rod crosshead with the side levers, in a side-lever engine. (b) See Parallel rod, under Parallel. -- Side screw (Firearms), one of the…

Tarnished with smoke; noisome with smoke; as, smoky rafters; smoky cells.

Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.

A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut.

piece (Arch.), a short piece of timber in a truss, used to maintain the ends of struts or rafters, and keep them from slipping. See Illust. of Queen-post.

.), a horizontal or diagonal outward pressure, as of an arch against its abutments, or of rafters against the wall which support them.

A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof. Gwilt.

f a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States. -- Valley rafter, or Valley piece (Arch.), the rafter which supports the valley. -- Valley roof (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See Valley, 2, above.

To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]

A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.]