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Webster 1913 Edition


Breastsummer

Breast′sumˊmer

,
Noun.
(Arch.)
A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; – used principally above shop windows.
[Written also
brestsummer
and
bressummer
.]

Definition 2024


breastsummer

breastsummer

English

Noun

breastsummer (plural breastsummers)

  1. (architecture) Alternative spelling of bressummer