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WIND BRACES

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 708 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WIND BRACES , in See also:architecture, See also:diagonal braces to tie the rafters of a roof together and prevent " racking." In the better sort of See also:medieval See also:roofs they are arched, and run from the See also:principal rafters to catch the purlins .

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