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Значения термина principal rafter на английском

One of several parallel sloping beams that extend from the ridge to the wall-plate, to support the roof and its associated loads; the sloping top member of a roof truss, which carries the purlins.

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Examples for "rafter"
Examples for "rafter"
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She projected an amazing strength, even gagged and chained to the rafter.
Depraved
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Judith cackled, gasped, and suddenly, horribly, let out a blood-curdling, rafter-quaking scream.
James Potter and the Morrigan Web
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She relaxed and stretched in a yawn, hitting a rafter of cork.
Say you're one of them
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He tried to imagine Emily walking the big rafter in the barn.
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
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She gripped the rafter in both hands, raising it like a club.
The Dragon King’s Palace
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I wriggled back onto my main rafter, being careful not to make any noise, then crawled to the east side, where I'd find the bathroom.
Exit strategy
Использование термина principal rafter на английском
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Inside the Hut extra struts were introduced, stiffening the principal rafters on the southern side.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
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Hence generally, in buildings of stone and marble, the mutules are carved with a downward slant, in imitation of the principal rafters.
The Ten Books on Architecture