Querbalken — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
Querbalken is used for these senses in English:
- crossbeam A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
- ledger (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- putlog (architecture) One of the pieces of timber, or metal, on which the planks forming the platform of scaffolding are supported, one end resting on the ledger of the scaffold, and the other in a hole made in the wall (a putlog hole) for that purpose.
- transom The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
crossbeam — full definition
- noun A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
- noun A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.
ledger — full definition
- noun A book or record used to track financial transactions.
- verb To fish using a weight that holds the bait on the riverbed.