main tie
Architecture and Civil Engin.
noun
A horizontal tie beam which joins the feet of two principal rafters at the base of a roof truss.
Origin
Early 20th century.
- get out of bed on the wrong side (or get up on the wrong side of the bed)
- (get) out of my sight!
- get out of someone's face
- get outside of
- get over
- get over oneself
- get physical
- get real!
- get religion
- get-rich-quick
- get rid of
- get rooted
- get round (or around)
- get round to (or around to)
- get sick
- get someone down
- get someone going
- get someone nowhere
- get someone's goat
- get someone through
- get someone up
- get someone with child
- get someone wrong
- get something across
- get something down