ASHLAR PIECES: short vertical timbers which continue the plane of the internal wall until it meets the underside of the rafters and which generally join the rafters to the wall plate or sole pieces.
Ashlar piece - a short vertical timber which runs down the inner face of the wallhead.
Masonry of large blocks wrought to even faces and square edges. Broached ashlar (Scots): scored with parallel lines made by a narrow-pointed chisel (broach). Droved ashlar (Scots): similar but with lines made by a broad chisel.Ashlar ...
 See also: Ashlar, Rafter, Crown, Corbel, House
  
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