udegi　腕木
CATEGORY:　architecture / general terms
　
1　A relatively short horizontal timber that functions like a brace. It is attached to and extends outward at right angle from a post or pillar. The ends are strong enough to support other horizontal members such as eave purlins *nokigeta 軒桁, attached by means of cogged joints *watariago 渡腮. Udegi are often used in a pent roof *hisashi 廂, and in a gate called *udegimon 腕木門 or *kidomon 木戸門. In the kidomon , the udegi is inserted through the post.

2　Although considered a misnomer, the term udegi is used for the supports for boardwalk scaffolding, *ashiba 足場. These boards are laid between logs called nunomaruta 布丸太. See *mochiokuri 持送.
　
　

　
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