What does "flitch" mean?
Flitch: One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam.
Additional senses
- 2.The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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