beamfill, v. Building.
(ˈbiːmˌfɪl)
Also 5 bem(e)fell.
[f. beam n.1 + fill v.]
(See quots.) Hence ˈbeamˌfilling vbl. n.
| c 1400 in Wülcker Voc. /732 Hec sugrunda, a bemfellyng. 1469 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (1841) 395 My mastyr made a couenaunt wyth Saunsam the tylere, that he schalle pergete, and whighte, and bemefelle all the new byldynge. 1734 Builders' Dict., Beam filling in building is plaisterer's work, and is the filling up the vacant space between the raison and the roof. 1842 Gwilt Archit., Beam-filling is the masonry brought up from the level of the under to the upper sides of the beams. It is also used to denote the filling up of the space from the top of the wall-plate between the rafters to the under side of the slating, board, or other covering. |