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Glossary

Wagon roof: A timber roof with close-set braces of polygonal or curved profile, often ceiled between the timbers; also called a cradle roof.
Wainscot: Wooden lining to interior walls, made up of vertical members (muntins) and horizontals (rails) framing panels; also called panelling.
Wall-plate: Longitudinal timber on top of a wall, which receives the ends of the rafters. Compare purlin.
Wall-post: A structural timber set upright in or against a wall.
Wall-rib: A rib set against the wall in a rib-vault.
Wall-walk: A walk along the wall-head of a castle, protected by a parapet; also called a parapet walk.
Wall arcade: In medieval churches, a blind arcade forming a dado below windows.
Wallhead: (Scots): Straight top of a wall. Wallhead chimney: chimney rising from a wallhead. Wallhead gable: gable rising from a wallhead.
Wall monument: A monument attached to the wall and often standing on the floor. Tablets or wall tablets are smaller, with the inscription as the major element.
Warming room: Room in an abbey or monastery where a fire burned for comfort.