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tie beam

noun

  1. a horizontal timber or the like for connecting two structural members to keep them from spreading apart, as a beam connecting the feet of two principal rafters in a roof truss.


tie beam

noun

  1. a horizontal beam that serves to prevent two other structural members from separating, esp one that connects two corresponding rafters in a roof or roof truss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tie beam1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

Steel sheets known as gusset plates, which tie beams together, were half as thick as they should have been and gave way under an unusually heavy load.

The transverse arches are strongly pronounced and have wooden tie beams.

Two sketches are shown at the joining of the tie beam and the principal rafter.

On the outside were fixed forked supports placed against the tie beams, so that very great force would be required to drive the palisade outward.

This remark has reference to such types as dispense with the cross, or tie beam, which is the distinguishing feature in bridge building.

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