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/bres"sum'euhr, brest"-, bres"euh meuhr/, n. Archit.a horizontal beam supporting an exterior wall over an opening, as a shop window. Also called breast beam.[1605-15; BREAST + SUMMER2]
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Breastsummer — Breast sum mer, n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; used principally above shop windows. [Written also {brestsummer} and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
breastsummer — n. horizontal beam that supports an outside wall over an opening … English contemporary dictionary
breastsummer — noun Architecture a beam across a broad opening, sustaining a superstructure. Origin C17: from breast and summer2 … English new terms dictionary
breastsummer — breast·sum·mer … English syllables
breastsummer — see bressummer … Dictionary of difficult words
breastsummer — n. Archit. a beam across a broad opening, sustaining a superstructure. Etymology: BREAST + SUMMER(2) … Useful english dictionary
bressummer — Breastsummer Breast sum mer, n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; used principally above shop windows. [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
brestsummer — Breastsummer Breast sum mer, n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; used principally above shop windows. [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Jettying — This article is about the building technique. For structures, see jetty. A double jettied timber framed building. The ends of the cantilevered beams supporting the upper floors can easily be seen. Jettying is a building technique used in medieval … Wikipedia
Bressummer — A bressummer, or breastsummer, in timber building, is a beam in the outward part of the building, and the middle floors, (not in the garrets or ground floors) into which the girders are framed. In the inner parts of a building, such beams are… … Wikipedia
