Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hammer-beam

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Hammer-beam


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(n.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is 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.