valley jack

valley jack

A rafter, shorter than the common rafters, one end of which is fixed to the ridge, and the other end to aValley rafter. (See illustration p. 1036.)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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