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Synonyms for joist

Grammar : Noun
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Phonetic Transcription : dʒɔɪst

Définition of joist

Origin :
  • early 14c. (late 13c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French giste "beam supporting a bridge" (Modern French gîte), noun use of fem. past participle of gesir "to lie," from Latin iacere "to lie, rest," related to iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Notion is of wooden beam on which boards "lie down."
  • noun support
Example sentences :
  • He put his knee against it and shoved, but the joist held firm.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • Fitz moved, joist in hand, towards the other side of the clump.
  • Extract from : « Fitz the Filibuster » by George Manville Fenn
  • A joist was found on one end, driven nearly three feet into the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Curiosities » by I. Platts
  • No man, other than a union carpenter, would be allowed to even set a joist.
  • Extract from : « 30,000 Locked Out. » by James C. Beeks
  • A roar of applause shook every board and joist of the building.
  • Extract from : « The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln » by Francis Fisher Browne
  • I left him, father, but I tied him to a joist in the ceiling with a long rope.
  • Extract from : « Old Kaskaskia » by Mary Hartwell Catherwood
  • The house was so shaken that it gave way at every joist, and he was within an ace of dragging the whole grange over on end.
  • Extract from : « Tales from the Fjeld » by P. Chr. Asbjrnsen
  • She had caught sight of one of my feet underneath the joist that served as a wedge to keep the cask in place.
  • Extract from : « The Dean's Watch » by Erckmann-Chatrian
  • Two small forks or bucks-horns fastened to a joist are indispensable articles for the support of the rifle.
  • Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
  • Fumbling about this, Wilson discovered in the corner several pieces of joist, and these he propped against the door.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

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