FLITCH BEAM


Meaning of FLITCH BEAM in English

Carpentry.

a beam composed of planks bolted together side by side and often reinforced with a plate of iron or steel. Also called flitch girder, sandwich beam, sandwich girder .

[ 1880-85 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .