Bressummer

noun

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Noun
  1. 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).

    "Once the floor joists were in position, the framing of the next storey could continue, with a bressummer laid along their ends."

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summertree

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"Once the floor joists were in position, the framing of the next storey could continue, with a bressummer laid along their ends."

Etymology

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

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timber framing

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