hammer beam truss

noun

A kind of roof truss, 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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Meanings

nounhammer beam truss (plural hammer beam trusses)

plural hammer beam trusses · alternative hammer-beam truss · alternative hammerbeam truss

  1. architectureA kind of roof truss, 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.

Translations

German Vieleckbinder, Polygonaldachbinder
  • Vieleckbindera kind of roof truss
  • Polygonaldachbindera kind of roof truss
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