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HAMMER-BEAM
HAMMER-BEAM
Ham
"mer-beam `, n. (Cothic
Arch.
)
Defn: 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.
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