What is a brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut called?
spur — (Carp.) A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, as a rafter or crossbeam; a strut. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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