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Owing to the slope of the ground the roof-eaves of the linhay were here within touch, and he thrust his arm up under them, feeling about in the space on the top of the wall-plate.
The Woodlanders 2006
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This you will make of split wooden slabs set upright in the ground, and nailed on to a wall-plate.
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Though of all kinds, they were invariably of the same materials, being formed of split slabs of timber, one end of which was set in the earth and the other nailed to a pole, that formed a wall-plate above it, the whole being covered with sheets of bark.
Ralph Rashleigh 2004
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OTHER: Stems used for weaving granaries and as wall-plate in traditional houses (Kamba, Luo).
Chapter 7 1999
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The distance between the ridge purlin and the wall-plate is 3.90
Chapter 10 1992
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· Place the beams across the top of the walls every I-1 meter and lash them securely to the wall-plate with iron straps or staples.
Chapter 6 1977
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The external width of opening, measured at the wall-plate, averaged about 19 ft. for the 14½-ft. circular sewer and 19½ ft. for the 15-ft. sewer.
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In placing the water-proofing in this section on the sides, the strips of felt were placed vertically, nailed at the top to the wall-plate, to support their weight, and lapped and cemented with pitch to the sides as on the sand-walls, except that there was no trouble from the overhang.
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The east side contains a wall-plate of early date, and more of the interesting early work.
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These were of squared timber, as was the floor also, and the outer frame and wall-plate.
Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine Annie T. Colcock
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