Wind brace

Wind braces, in architecture, are diagonal braces to tie the rafters of a roof together and prevent racking. In the better sort of medieval roofs they are arched, and run from the principal rafters to catch the purlins.^[1]

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Attribution

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Wind Braces". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 708.