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noun
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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History
Alteration of breastsummer, from breast (“front or forward part”) + summer (“beam”).
