'Trimming joist' definitions:

Definition of 'Trimming joist'

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  • Trimming \Trim"ming\, a. from Trim, v. [1913 Webster]
  • The Whigs are, essentially, an inefficient, trimming, halfway sort of a party. --Jeffrey. [1913 Webster]
  • Trimming joist (Arch.), a joist into which timber trimmers are framed; a header. See Header. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'trimming joist'

From: GCIDE
  • Joist \Joist\ (joist), n. [OE. giste, OF. giste, F. g[^i]te, fr. gesir to lie, F. g['e]sir. See Gist.] (Arch.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use, binding joist, bridging joist, ceiling joist, trimming joist, etc. See Illust. of Double-framed floor, under Double, a. [1913 Webster]