trimmer joist

1. 1.

   joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.

   Synonymstrimmer

   Broaderjoist

Questions about trimmer joist

What does trimmer joist mean?

trimmer joist means "joist that receives the end of a header in floor or roof framing in order to leave an opening for a staircase or chimney etc.".

What is another word for trimmer joist?

Close synonyms include trimmer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is trimmer joist a common word?

trimmer joist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.