Beam running diagonally across the ceiling of a room to support jetties on two adjacent sides of an upper floor, or, in the upper floor of a building with a hipped roof, to carry the foot of a hip rafter
see also Hip rafter
Subsidiary terms
A*) Hipped roof B) Half-hipped roof
a*) Lath b) Dragon beam c) Dragon tie d) Hip rafter e) Jack rafter f) Hip g) Pentice h) Gable i) Catslide roof over outshut j) Verge rafter k) Valley rafter
f) Hewn jetty g) Jetty plate h*) Jetty bressumer i) Fascia j) Jetty bracket k) Dragon beam l) Buttress shaft