hammer beam en · NOUN
Meanings
- A (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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hammerbeam | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hammer beams | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hammer-beam | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
hammer beam truss · hammer beam roof
Translations (2)
de Stichbalken (short member of a roof truss) · de Durchstichbalken (short member of a roof truss)