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English
Etymology
From tie + beam.
Noun
tiebeam (plural tiebeams)
- (architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.
1853, Thomas Tredgold, Elementary Principles of Carpentry:by being connected with the strap which unites the principal and tiebeam, it cannot move from its place at the extremity
Translations
beam acting as a tie at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters
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