📚 noun • entry_id 13297

balk

/bɔːk/

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Meanings (ES + gloss)

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Beam, crossbeam; squared timber; a tie beam of a house, stretching from wall to wall, especially when laid so as to form a loft, "the balks".

Phrases

balk line balkish balky baulk end bierbalk randle-balk

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