Search Result for "tie beam":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating;
- Example: "he nailed the rafters together with a tie beam"
[syn: tie, tie beam]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tie beam
    n 1: a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural
         members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the
         rafters together with a tie beam" [syn: tie, tie beam]