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hammer beam roof

hammer beam roof noun: 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.

Noun

hammer beam roof (plural hammer beam roofs)

  1. 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.

Forms of hammer beam roof

pluralhammer beam roofs
alternative formhammer-beam roof
alternative formhammerbeam roof

Questions about hammer beam roof

What does hammer beam roof mean?
Hammer beam roof means 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.
What part of speech is hammer beam roof?
Hammer beam roof is a noun.
What is the plural of hammer beam roof?
The plural of hammer beam roof is hammer beam roofs.

Words near hammer beam roof in the dictionary

  1. hammer and anvil
  2. hammer and sickle
  3. hammer and tongs
  4. hammer away
  5. hammer beam
  6. hammer beam roof
  7. hammer beam truss
  8. hammer beams
  9. hammer bench
  10. hammer benches
  11. hammer blast

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