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Architecture
General Terms
Also written 椽繋. Short horizontal bearers that join the outer veranda posts *enzuka 縁束 to the horizontal tie beams *ashigatame 足固 that surround the perimeter of a building below the joists *neda 根太. The bearers tie the framework together and form the surface which carries the weight of the veranda joists. This structural arrangement is used when short, cross-cut veranda floorboards are laid over the joists.