jaum

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A form of jamb — Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace.

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Meanings

nounjaum (plural jaums)

plural jaums

  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of jamb.

    1703, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises, London: D. Midwinter & T. Leigh, 3rd edition, p. 143, But if the Window-Frame stands on a Timber-house, the Head and Ground-sell are sometimes Tennanted into Posts of the Carcass; and then the Posts do the Office of the outer Jaums of the Window-Frame […]

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    The nineteenth Figure represents the inward and outward Edges of a twisting Schofeet of a Semicircular Door, or Window, whose Jaums, from the Beginning to the Springing Arch, splays more or less, according to the Humour of the Builder, and whose Crown lies level without splaying […]

    1725, William Halfpenny: The Art of Sound Building, London, page 13

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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