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Girts
A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
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noun
- 1
A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts.
verb
- 1
To gird.
- 2
To bind horizontally, as with a belt or girdle.
- 3
To measure the girth of.
verb
- 1
To capsize because of forces in the cable attaching it to another vessel.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Girts"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| begirdverb | (transitive, archaic) To bind with a band or girdle; to gird. |
| girthnoun | (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one. |
| joistnoun | A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed. |
| interjoistnoun | (carpentry) The space or interval between two joists. |
| purlinnoun | A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof. |
| eavenoun | (architecture) Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) [(architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.] |
| eavesnoun | (architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building. |
| crosspiecenoun | A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something. |
| crossbeamnoun | A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder. |
| hammer beamnoun | (architecture) A (short) 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. |
| trussnoun | (architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge. |
| girdernoun | A beam of steel, wood, or reinforced concrete, used as a main horizontal support in a building or structure. |
| rafternoun | (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. |
| lathynoun | (archaic) Like a lath; long and slender. |
| prestressed concretenoun | concrete with stresses induced in it before use so as to counteract stresses that will be produced by load; often contains stretched steel bars or wires called tendons |
| tiebeamnoun | (architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. |
| sillnoun | (architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window. |
| rooftreenoun | (figuratively) A home; a household. |
| dormernoun | (architecture) A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof. |
| ridgepolenoun | A beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached. |
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