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Single-framed: if consisting entirely of transverse members (such as rafters with or without braces, collars, tie-beams, king-posts or queen-posts, etc. [see below] not tied together longitudinally.
Also the horizontal member at the base of a timber-framed wall, into which the posts and studs are tenoned.Single-framedOf a roof: without purlins or other longitudinal members above the springing of the rafters.
 See also: Finish, Member, Rafter, Storey, Gable
  
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