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bressummer

noun

Etymology

Alteration of breastsummer, from breast (“front or forward part”) + summer (“beam”).

  1. derived from *semh₂-✻ — “summer”
  2. inherited from *sumaraz✻
  3. inherited from *sumar✻
  4. inherited from sumor
  5. inherited from somer
  6. formed as bressummer — “breast + summer”

Definitions

  1. A large, horizontal supporting beam which bears the weight of a wall starting on a first…

    A large, horizontal supporting beam which bears the weight of a wall starting on a first or higher floor, particularly when exposed or used to support a jetty (timber-frame overhang construction).

    • Once the floor joists were in position, the framing of the next storey could continue, with a bressummer laid along their ends.
    • East Lodge at Queen's Park, Crewe, dates from 1887-1888. Its bressummer inscription commemorates the Jubilee of Queen Victoria and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Grand Junction Railway.

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