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   Tiebeam
   In architecture a tiebeam is 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` noun (Architecture) 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.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/56
   
   
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   Tiebeam
   • (n.) 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.
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   tiebeam
   1) Rafter connector 2) Transverse rafter-joining timber
   Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/tiebeam/1
   
   

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