Found 3 items, similar to JOIST.
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Definition: joist
gading-gading
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Definition: joist
joist
n : beam used to support floors or roofs
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Definition: Joist
Joist
\Joist\ (joist), n. [OE. giste, OF. giste, F. g[^i]te, fr.
gesir to lie, F. g['e]sir. See
Gist.] (Arch.)
A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which
the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a
ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or
use,
binding joist,
bridging joist,
ceiling joist,
trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of
Double-framed floor,
under
Double, a.
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Joist
\Joist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Joisted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Joisting.]
To fit or furnish with joists. --Johnson.
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