hammerbeam
or ham·mer beam
a short wooden beam projecting from an interior wall to support or tie together rafters or arched roof braces.
Origin of hammerbeam
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How to use hammerbeam in a sentence
The open roof of hammer-beam design, with pendants, is especially characteristic of the work of that period.
Milton's England | Lucia Ames MeadTimber roofs reached their highest development in what is known as the Hammer-beam roof.
A Handbook of Pictorial History | Henry W. DonaldThe roof, which is of chestnut, is of hammer-beam construction, with moulded spandrel brackets and circular shafts.
A Comprehensive History of Norwich | A. D. BayneThe roof is an open timber structure of the hammer-beam type, typical of fourteenth-century work.
Westminster | Sir Walter BesantThis was most probably a hammer-beam roof, and was coloured and gilded and decorated with angels holding shields.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham | J. E. Bygate
British Dictionary definitions for hammer beam
either of a pair of short horizontal beams that project from opposite walls to support arched braces and struts
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