In a timber-framed house: a horizontal beam fastened on or in a wall to support joists or rafters; a wall plate.

A tie-beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall. In old one-storey houses these were often exposed and used for hanging or placing articles…

Building. A cross-beam or brace fixed between two rafters on opposite sides of a roof, either to tie or bind them together to provide structural…

A beam, (probably) a wall plate.

= dormant, n. 1.

Architecture, Building, and Engineering. A piece of timber, metal, etc., forming part of the framework of the roof or floor of a building.

= muntin, n.

A fixed horizontal beam; a sleeper; a summer. More fully dormant tree at sense A. 3a. Obsolete.

In building, etc.: A cross-beam or cross-piece, esp. one spanning an opening to carry a superstructure; a lintel.

a supporting pillar.

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a horizontal piece of wood supporting the lower end of a rafter.

? An angle-post in a frame building.

A timber used in building; ? a framing timber. Obsolete.

A strong horizontal beam or balk supporting a wall, joist, floor, or other main part of a building.

A horizontal load-bearing beam which runs the length of a side of a building and supports a superstructure such as a jetty (i.e. a projecting upper…

An upright post or bar; (later) spec. a vertical divider (esp. a central one) between panes of glass or panels of a door. Cf. mullion, n., stile, n.2

Architecture. A structure or architectural feature used to relieve the weight or pressure of features above it. Cf. discharge, v. 13. Obsolete. rare.

A beam; = dormant, adj. 1. Obsolete.

= sense 5.

A short board or ‘templet’ placed under the end of a beam or other timber where it rests on brickwork or stonework.

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Architecture and Building. The solid masonry between doors, windows, and other openings in a wall; (also) the space in front of this.

(usually in a timber-framed building) a timber post supporting an upper floor.

In various technical uses. Architecture. A horizontal load-bearing beam forming part of the wall of a building. Cf. breast beam, n. 3, plate, n. 12…

The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the ground.

Building. A horizontal piece of timber in a wall, or spanning a window or doorway, to take and distribute the pressure of a girder, or of joists or…

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(cf.brow-post n.). See alsobrowbeat, v. etc.

Any long horizontal beam, girder, or bar used to support or carry a heavy object or structure; esp. one along which the supported object may slide…

a tie-beam or brace used in building.

a beam supported by joists (or similar props) at certain points along its length.

‘A piece of wood as long as a beam but not so thick’ (Phillips 1696).

one of the uprights of the frame of a building (cf. stud, n.1 1a).

Technical uses, of various origin. Building, Carpentry, etc.: a section of a framework or framed building. (Originally U.S.).

Building. An upright post or bar; = muntin, n. See also mounting post n. at compounds. Now rare.

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a marked strip of wood, the height of a storey, used during the building of a house to check that bricks, stairs, and other features have been…

the end (of a beam, etc.) which is inserted in a wall as a bearing.

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a block between a beam and a tie-rod in a truss, serving to keep them apart (Cent. Dict. 1891).

attributive, as sleeper-beam, sleeper-block, sleeper-wood.

A thin body bounded by two closely spaced curved surfaces: (a) as a concept in Statics; (b) in Civil Engineering, a structural member of this form…