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Transverse rafter-joining timber
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tiebeam
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n. (context architecture English) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall.
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Tiebeam \Tie"beam`\, n. (Arch.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof . --Gwilt.