joist

== English == === Etymology === From Old French giste, feminine of gist, the past participle of gesir (“to lie down”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔɪst/ Rhymes: -ɔɪst === Noun === joist (plural joists) A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === joist (third-person singular simple present joists, present participle joisting, simple past and past participle joisted) (transitive) To fit or furnish with joists. ==== Translations ==== === References === “joist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.