strutting
Isaac Kremer/ June 21, 2019/ / 0 comments
A kind of bridging consisting of a series of small diagonal braces set in rows transversely to the timbers. The braces are generally of light scantling, about 2 inches by 3 inches, or somewhat less, and, in floors, extended from the top of one beam to the bottom of the next, crossing each other at the middle… (Sturgis, 1900)