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breastsummer
[ bres-suhm-er, brest-, bres-uh-mer ]
noun
Architecture.
- a horizontal beam supporting an exterior wall over an opening, as a shop window.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of breastsummer1
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Note the long carved breastsummer that supports the overhanging upper story.
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Upstairs in the big bedchamber is a ceiling of beams worked in bold roll mouldings; and there is an exquisite little parlour, lined with linen fold panels, with a breastsummer carved with strange animals.
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