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(carpentry) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets.
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An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.
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Furnished with beams, as the head of a stag.
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Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
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(architecture, in the plural) The principal rafters of a roof.
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A board one square foot by one inch, about 2.36 liters.
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(architecture) A column or pier with others of smaller dimensions attached to it.
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A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
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(architecture) A beam whose underside has a concave curve upward.
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An old measure of length: the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.
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cribbing (structural members)
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see deck, roof: A roof above a deck (patio, porch).
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(medicine, first aid) A very stable method of carrying a spine board with one carrier at the head end, one at the foot end and one at each side.
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(architecture) A crossbeam or joist.
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(Hong Kong, architecture) An architectural design feature to allow for concordance with the philosophy of feng shui, a portal that allows dragons to flow through structures, by leaving an empty hole through a building.
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(military) A trench, or section of a trench, with a concealed parapet from which soldiers can fire on the enemy.
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The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
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(architecture) Having a foil.
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The surface space occupied by a structure.
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(US) Synonym of French window
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Girders generally; a structure or framework of girders.
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(architecture) A member of a kind of roof truss (a hammer-beam truss), 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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The inclined external angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
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A type of curtain rail having a slit along the length at the bottom in which gliders attached to pliable curtains can slide.
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In a hip roof, a minor truss used where the roof does not have its full section.
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(architecture) An opening between corbels that support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.
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Alternative spelling of moonroof [(automotive) A sunroof that has a clear glass panel, rather than being opaque, so that light can enter the vehicle even when the roof is closed.]
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A slit or hole above the entrance to a fortification, thought to provide access for defenders to kill invaders.
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(architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals.
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(architecture) Alternative form of newel [(architecture) A central pillar around which a staircase spirals.]
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(automotive) A penta engine, also known as a pent-roof combustion chamber.
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(architecture) A rectangular pillar, or similar structure, that supports an arch, wall or roof, or the hinges of a gate.
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A base or pedestal beneath a cabinet.
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A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
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(architecture, engineering) The construction that gives shape and strength to a roof, generally a truss of timber or iron; or, loosely, the most important member of a piece of framing.
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Any of the corner building blocks of a building, usually larger or more ornate than the surrounding blocks.
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(architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.
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(carpentry) The top longitudinal beam of a ridged roof where the top ends of the rafters meet.
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A beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached.
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Any of the beams that form a roof.
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(archaeology) A specially contrived opening above a doorway, usually aligned to mark an astronomical event.
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A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.
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The camber of a curved roofing tile.
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(now chiefly dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
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(architecture, construction) The spread or extent of an arch or between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between supports.
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(architecture) A horizontal beam supporting a building.
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(architecture) A horizontal beam brought even with the face (breast) of a wall, to support a wall above a gap or opening; a beam bearing a load above.
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(architecture) One of the joists which rest one end on the wall and the other on a girder.
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An inward-sloping surface or panel, in talud-tablero architecture.
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Equipped with a tower.
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A small supporting beam.
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Fitted with a transom.
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(now historical) A cross-beam or cross-bar, for example on a navigational cross-staff. (Compare transom.)
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(architecture) A winding or spiral staircase.
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(architecture) A horizontal board, usually made of wood, on a windowsill, fitted against the bottom rail of the lower sash.
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