Wall-plate
a timber laid lengthwise at the wall top to receive the ends of the roof rafters and other joists. In timber-framing, the studs are also tenoned into it.
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Wall-plate - horizontal roof-timber on wall-top.
Wall-stair - also known as mural stair. Staircase built into the thickness of a wall.
Wall-walk - passage along the top of a castle wall; may be roofed.
In a hammerbeam roof, vertical timbers between the hammerbeams (horizontal brackets projecting at wall-plate level) and the purlins (horizontal longitudinal timbers); braced to a collar-beam above.
 See also: Timber, Purlin, Church, Gable, Brace
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