Collar-beam

Collar-Beam In a roof, a horizontal beam framed to and serving to tie a pair of rafters together some distance above the wall-plate level. Console ...

a vertical post extending from a tie-beam or a collar-beam to the apex of a roof, and supporting a ridge-piece. Knop ...

See also: Flower, Doorway, Moulding, Merlons, Staircase