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Hammer-Beam

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(n.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is 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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hammer-Beam'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hammer-beam.html. 1828.
 
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