MEANING
A beam connecting parts of a frame, especially the feet of roof members, to resist their spreading apart.
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Words that belong together
- roof tiebeam
- timber tiebeam
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A tiebeam joined the roof’s opposing sides.
The timber tiebeam crossed above the doorway.
The carpenter examined the tiebeam’s joints.
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- tiebeam
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular tiebeam; plural tiebeams. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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