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joist [jȯist]
(civil engineering)
A steel or wood beam providing direct support for a floor.
joist
joists in a flooring system
joist
One of a series of parallel beams of timber, reinforced concrete, or steel used to support floor and ceiling loads, and supported in turn by larger beams, girders, or bearing walls; the widest dimension is vertically oriented. Also see binding joist, boarding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, common joist, floor joist, principal joist, sleeper joist.
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I have often been awakened at the dawn of day by the most heart-rending shrieks of an own aunt of mine, whom he used to tie up to a joist, and whip upon her naked back till she was literally covered with blood.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave by Douglass, Frederick View in context
To all the woodwork round the prison-doors they did the like, leaving not a joist or beam untouched.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
The vagabonds recovered their courage; soon the heavy joist, raised like a feather by two hundred vigorous arms, was flung with fury against the great door which they had tried to batter down.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
 
 
 
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