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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|purline}}

===Etymology===
{{unc|en}}. Information on the etymology is scant at best. According to Websters it comes from 15th-century English. According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary, it is "Middle English, perhaps of French origin". Other sources reference Middle English or 15th-century English.

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===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|[ˈpɜːɹlɪn]|a=US}}

===Noun===
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# A [[longitudinal]] [[structural]] [[member]] [[bridge#Verb|bridging]] two or more [[rafter]]s of a roof.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2018|author=R. S. Holt|title=Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops
|passage=The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak '''purlins''' and three large Veluxes.}}

====Hyponyms====
* {{sense|longitudinal structural member of a roof}} {{l|en|purlin plate}}, {{l|en|principal purlin}}, {{l|en|common purlin}}

====Derived terms====
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* {{l|en|back through purlin}}
* {{l|en|butt purlin}}
* {{l|en|clasped purlin}}
* {{l|en|clasped through purlin}}
* {{l|en|common purlin}}
* {{l|en|principal purlin}}
* {{l|en|purlin plate}}
* {{l|en|staggared butt purlin}}
* {{l|en|tenoned butt purlin}}
* {{l|en|threaded butt purlin}}
* {{l|en|through purlin}}
* {{l|en|trenched through purlin}}
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====Translations====
{{trans-top|longitudinal structural member of a roof}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|corretja|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|vaznice|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|ås|c}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kitapuu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|panne|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|carreira|f}}, {{t|gl|terza|f}}, {{t|gl|padia|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pfette|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|τεγίδα|f}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|ʻaho}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|taobhán|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|terzera|f}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|도리}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kasau lintang}}, {{t|ms|gulung-gulung}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaho}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|płatew|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|correa|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|takås|c}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แป}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|tulath|f}}, {{t|cy|trawslath|f}}
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