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tiebeams

tiebeams is the plural of tiebeam.

Meaning of tiebeam

Noun

tiebeam (plural tiebeams)

  1. A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.
    • by being connected with the strap which unites the principal and tiebeam, it cannot move from its place at the extremity1853, Thomas Tredgold, Elementary Principles of Carpentry

Questions about tiebeams

What is tiebeams the plural of?
Tiebeams is the plural of tiebeam.

Words near tiebeams in the dictionary

  1. tieback walls
  2. tiebacks
  3. tiebar
  4. tiebars
  5. tiebeam
  6. tiebeams
  7. tiebreak
  8. tiebreaker
  9. tiebreakers
  10. tiebreaking
  11. tiebreaks

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