bressummer

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bressummer

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Alteration of breastsummer, from breast (“front or forward part”) + summer (“beam”).

noun bressummers · breastsummer · bressemer · bressumer · brestsummer · breastsommer

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). Once the floor joists were in position, the framing of the next storey could continue, with a bressummer laid along their ends.

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@misc{bressummer_2026,
  title = {bressummer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bressummer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}