Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hammer-beam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: ham-mer-beam
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Questions

What does hammer-beam mean?: 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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