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...On entend par poteau cornier, une pièce de bois verticale qui fait l'angle de deux pans de bois se retournant d'équerre, et dans laquelle viennent s'assembler les sablières. Les poteaux corniers doivent être pris, autant que faire se peut, dans un seul brin, afin de présenter une parfaite rigidité. La pièce A, fig. 3, est un poteau cornier. Des repos, outre les mortaises, reçoivent les extrémités des sablières des planchers...

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