purloined

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The side and end frame is composed of single and compound posts made of steel angles or T's and the roof framing of wrought-iron carlines and purlines.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous

Over the principal rafters are the purlines, and then above these and under the roof-tiles come the common rafters, extending so far that the walls are covered by their projection.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The pediment with its ridgepole, principal rafters, and purlines are to be built in such a way that the eaves shall be equivalent to one third of the completed roof.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio