breastsummer

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A form of bressummer — 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).

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Meanings

nounbreastsummer (plural breastsummers)

plural breastsummers

  1. alternativearchitectureAlternative spelling of bressummer.

    […] warehouses and dwellings of solid brick and carved stone, with doors, window-frames, and breastsummers of stout oak, replaced irregular though not unpicturesque habitations; […

    1885, Jospeh Fitzgerald Molloy, chapter XIX, in of Royalty Restored; Or, London Under Charles II
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breastsummer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breastsummer

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“breastsummer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breastsummer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breastsummer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breastsummer.

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