shearwall
See also: shear wall
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editshearwall (plural shearwalls)
- (architecture) An element of a wall that resists lateral shear on a building
- 1988 January 22, Robert B. Johnson, “Great Moments in Structural Engineering”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Lake Point Tower, world's tallest apartment building, concrete shearwall.