| Dictionary: Ham·mer-beam |
(Gothic Arch.) 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.
| Architecture: hammer beam |
One of a pair of short horizontal members attached to the foot of a principal rafter in a roof, in place of a tie beam.
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| hammer-beam roof |
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