(from the article `bridge`) ...or bolted to a vertical web. While beams for short spans are usually of a constant depth, beams for longer spans are often haunched—that is, ...
The lower part of an arch. Also refers to a sloping built-up shoulder of mortar to help to shed water from a right-angled junction, for instance between a chimney stack and a chimney can. Related Words: Arch
A recess made to receive the haunch of a tenon.