intertie

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounintertie (plural interties)

plural interties

  1. architectureIn any framed work, a horizontal tie other than sill and plate or other principal ties, securing uprights to one another.
  2. figurativelyA bond or support.
verbintertie (third-person singular simple present interties, present participle intertying, simple past and past participle intertied)

present singular third person interties · participle present intertying · participle past intertied · past intertied

  1. To interlink.

Origin

From inter- + tie.

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APA

intertie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertie

MLA

“intertie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intertie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertie.

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