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▸ noun:  (architecture) Alternative form of shearwall [(architecture) An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building]

Similar:
shearwall, sidewall, curtain wall, cill, wall, wallplate, sill, eave, safety arch, sile, more...

Opposite:
non-structural wall, partition wall, curtain wall

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Similar:
shearwall, sidewall, curtain wall, cill, wall, wallplate, sill, eave, safety arch, sile, more...

Opposite:
non-structural wall, partition wall, curtain wall



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