Hammer beam

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA (short) member of a kind of roof truss (a hammer-beam truss), so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.

Synonyms

hammerbeam trip-hammer h-beam heel stone hammer heart bond glee-beam top-hamper hogframe underhammer tophamper hipped roof

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