| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| JOIST | Roof beam | |
| RAFTER | Roof beam | |
| SPARPIECE | The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. | |
| ROOFTREE | The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself. | |
| DORMANT | A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." | |
| SPAN | The spread or extent of an arch between its abutments, or of a beam, girder, truss, roof, bridge, or the like, between its supports. | |
| TIEBEAM | A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof. | |
| HAMMER-BEAM | A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each p... | |