English Explanatory Dictionary

tiebeam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.

Word forms

tiebeam tiebeams tie-beam

Etymology

From tie + beam.

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