beamwork

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English

Etymology

beam +‎ -work

Noun

beamwork (countable and uncountable, plural beamworks)

  1. A structure made of beams, as in the roof of a building.
  2. (uncountable) A gymnastic performance on the balance beam.
  3. (mining, historical, countable, uncountable) A tin working where the lode was followed by digging down from the surface.