"tiebeam" meaning in English

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          "text": "by being connected with the strap which unites the principal and tiebeam, it cannot move from its place at the extremity",
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        "A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall."
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        "(architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall."
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          "word": "entrait"
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        "(architecture) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall."
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