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Collar beam roof

Collar beam roof

A roof in which the rafters are tied together and stiffened by collars.
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

collar beam roof, collar roof

A roof supported by rafters tied together by collar beams.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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