What is a plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on. Gwilt called?
torsel — A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on. Gwilt. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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