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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
WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

WIND BRACES , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, See also:

DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)

diagonal braces to tie the rafters of a roof together and prevent " racking." In the better sort of See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

ROOFS

roofs they are arched, and run from the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal rafters to catch the purlins .

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