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tiebeam |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tiebeam \Tie"beam`\, n. (Arch.) 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.
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