"knee wall" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: knee walls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} knee wall (plural knee walls)
  1. A short wall, less than half the normal height, that supports rafters near their low end.
    Sense id: en-knee_wall-en-noun-bHOyC96f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for knee wall meaning in English (0.6kB)

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