bressummer

== English == === Alternative forms === breastsummer, bressemer, bressumer, brestsummer, breastsommer, bressomer === Etymology === Alteration of breastsummer, from breast (“front or forward part”) +‎ summer (“beam”). === Noun === bressummer (plural bressummers) (architecture) 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). ==== Hypernyms ==== summer (“horizontal beam”) === Further reading === bressummer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “bressummer, breastsummer, bressemer, brestsummer”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.