bead and butt

bead and butt

[¦bēd ən ′bət]

(building construction)

Framed work in which the panel is flush with the framing and has a bead run on two edges in the direction of the grain; the ends are left plain. Also known as bead butt; bead butt work.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

bead and butt, bead butt, bead butt work

bead and butt

Framed work in which the panel is flush with the framing and has a bead run on two edges in the direction of the grain; the ends are left plain.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.