hammer beam roof

noun

Definitions

  1. A roof supported by a kind of roof truss, so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top…

    A roof supported by a kind of roof truss, so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam.

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