WordNet
bearing wall
n. any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building
Usage examples of "bearing wall".
We didn't think that was a load-bearing wall, but it might turn out to be after all.
Bleak as it was, it was a sign of life, and Anna pressed on not knowing whether the experiment would prove cathartic or would break the last weight-bearing wall in his poor old brain.
The imminent danger of collapse had passed, unless she could help the process along by knocking out a load-bearing wall.
There was movement across the courtyard as I reached the vertical extension of the load-bearing wall that separated the West Wing from the banquet hall.
It was a big risk, but the interrogation rooms were close enough to the central section's main load-bearing wall that he thought we'd be safe.