🔤 Breastsummer ✨

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shatīr, imarat ki bari lakdi, samnay ka shah teer, sahara dene wali lakdi, afqi shateer

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📚noun

breastsummer

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DEFINITION

a heavy horizontal beam extending across a building to support upper walls

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Carpenters replaced the rotted breastsummer to restore the structural stability of the cottage. The oak breastsummer supported the massive weight of the upper floor framed walls. Architects inspected the ancient breastsummer before beginning renovations on the historic timber building. A strong breastsummer was essential in traditional half timbered house construction across Europe. Craftsmen carved decorative patterns onto the exposed wooden breastsummer over the entrance doorway.

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beam bressumer girder lintel support transom