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purline

purline is the alternative form of purlin.

Meaning of purlin

Noun

purlin (plural purlins)

  1. A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof.
    • The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes.2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops

Forms of purline

pluralpurlines

Questions about purline

What is purline the alternative form of?
Purline is the alternative form of purlin.

Words near purline in the dictionary

  1. purlieuman
  2. purlieumen
  3. purlieus
  4. purlieux
  5. purlin
  6. purline
  7. purlines
  8. purling
  9. purlings
  10. purlins
  11. purloin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: purline (page history and authors); purlin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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