Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bressummer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bres-sum-mer
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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).

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

bressummers (plural) breastsummer (alternative) bressemer (alternative) bressumer (alternative) brestsummer (alternative) breastsommer (alternative) bressomer (alternative)

Questions

What does bressummer mean?: 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).
Where does bressummer come from?: Alteration of breastsummer, from breast (“front or forward part”) + summer (“beam”).

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