noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   In any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.

Synonyms

All synonyms

braidenlaceentwineinterlaceinterlinkinterlock

Etymology

From inter- + tie.

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