hammerbeam.

A short horizontal beam projecting inward from a wall to help support an open timber roof.

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• hammerbeam roof

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A carved hammerbeam projected above the hall.

The hammerbeam roof left the center unobstructed.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular hammerbeam; plural hammerbeams. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.