| 单词 |
bressummer |
| 释义 |
breastsummer, bressummer|ˈbrɛsəmə(r)| Also breastsommer, bressomer, bressumer, brestsummer. [f. breast n. + summer n.2 (a. F. sommier beam).] A ‘summer’ or beam extending horizontally over a large opening, and sustaining the whole superstructure of wall, etc.; e.g. the beam over a shop-front, the lower beam of the front of a gallery, and the like.
1611Cotgr., Contrefrontail, the brow-peece..of a dore; a haunse, or breast summer. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Building, Brest-Sommers, Girders, Trimmers, and Wall-plates. 1845Gloss. Goth. Archit. I. 69 Breastsummer, Bressummer..a beam supporting the front of a building, etc., after the manner of a lintel. 1880Daily News 27 Apr. 3/7 The bressummer was then burning. 1885J. F. Molloy Royalty Rest. II. 193 Breastsummers of stout oak. |

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