Block, tenoned or pegged into a post or stud to support a horizontal timber, eg below a jetty to support a bressumer or a dragon beam
see also Coving, Cleat, Console, Knee brace
Subsidiary terms
a) Downward brace b) lntegral bracket c) Upward brace d) Windbrace e) Corner brace f) Concealed brace g) Bracket h) Sill beam
a) Flat baluster b) Moulded baluster c) Pendant d) Finial e) Handrail f) Turned baluster g) Closed string h) Riser i*) Newel post j) Nosing k) Tread m) Open string with applied brackets
a) Half beam b) Cross joisting c) Scribed joist d) Cogged joist e) Cogged joist with diminished shoulder (squinted butt)
f) Bracket g) Applied beam h) Lodged joist i) Trimmer j) Barefaced soffit tenon with diminished shoulder (diminished haunch)
k) Central tenon l) Bare-faced soffit tenon with housed shoulder m) Bare-faced soffit tenon with spurred shoulder n) Double soffit tenons with diminished shoulders
p) Tusk tenon q) Tusk r) Central tenon with spurred soffit (soffit spur) s) Central tenon with housed soffit shoulder