敷しき桁げた

noun

partition cap; upper plate; wall girder

Architectural term for a horizontal beam that caps a partition wall or supports the structure above. Used in traditional Japanese building contexts.

• 敷しき桁げたは、壁かべの上じょう部ぶに水すい平へいに渡わたされる部ぶ材ざいです。

  A shikigeta is a horizontal member placed across the top of a wall.