English Explanatory Dictionary

bressummer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large, horizontal supporting beam which bears the weight of a wall starting on a first or higher floor, particularly when exposed or used to support a jetty (timber-frame overhang construction).

Word forms

bressummer bressummers breastsummer bressemer bressumer brestsummer breastsommer bressomer

Etymology

Alteration of breastsummer, from breast (“front or forward part”) + summer (“beam”).

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