hammer beam roof (English, noun)
expansion: hammer beam roof (plural hammer beam roofs)
Senses:
topics: architecture
glosses: A roof supported by a kind of roof 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.
Forms:
form: hammer beam roofs
tags: plural
form: hammer-beam roof
tags: alternative
form: hammerbeam roof
tags: alternative