(science fiction) A device that generates a beam that repels other objects; or the beam itself.

(science fiction) A device that emits an energy beam capable of pushing away other objects.

The horizontal cross timber which goes through the wall or a pier, and upon which the weight of the wall rests, when a building is shored up to enable alterations in the lower part.

(construction) A beam of considerable span, without central support; the tie beam of a truss. / (nautical) A beam that supports the side of a paddle box.

A beam one of whose sides (commonly the underside) swells out like the belly of a fish.

The roller on which the warp is wound in a loom.

(slang) Erect nipples.

a horizontal beam that serves to prevent two other structural members from separating while forming the base of a triangular truss for a pitched roof.

Synonym of tail-pole

plural of turning-beam