There is a magazine available from the Timber Framers Guild online store called Timber Framing, Journal of the Timber Framers Guild. The June 2003 issue number 68 has an article on page 12 titled "Timber Framing for Beginners" VI, A Glossary of Terms. It is six pages long. It contains 294 terms and their definitions.
If someone is interested in Timber framing this magazine would be a good one to get to start to understand the terms of timber framing.
It was collected by the Exe. Director of the guild and the Editor of the magazine from quite a few books, with more terms added by specialists in each field of timber framing, such as steeple building, bridge building, engineering, and historic American timber joinery.
The cost of this 'back issue' magazine is $5, and you will be able shortly to order it online.
If you are truly interested in Timber Framing you should join the guild for $75 a year and you'll get this magazine as well as a monthly newsletter as part of your membership. You can gain a lot of information about timber framing from these publications.
Jim
