bressummer

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Alteration of breastsummer, from breast (“front or forward part”) +‎ summer (“beam”).

Noun[edit]

bressummer (plural bressummers)

  1. (architecture) A large, horizontal supporting beam which bears the weight of a wall starting on a first or higher floor, particularly when exposed or used to support a jetty (timber-frame overhang construction).
    • 1986, R. J. Brown, Timber-Framed Buildings of England, London: R. Hale, →ISBN, page 63:
      Once the floor joists were in position, the framing of the next storey could continue, with a bressummer laid along their ends.
    • 2022 September 7, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway towns and a social revolution”, in RAIL, number 965, page 56, photo caption:
      East Lodge at Queen's Park, Crewe, dates from 1887-1888. Its bressummer inscription commemorates the Jubilee of Queen Victoria and the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Grand Junction Railway.

Hypernyms[edit]

  • summer (“horizontal beam”)

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