sistered
Joined beam alongside
Sistered is the past tense of the verb sister, used primarily in construction and carpentry to describe reinforcing a weakened or damaged structural member by attaching an identical piece alongside it.
When a floor joist cracks or a rafter sags, you sister it by bolting or nailing a new board flush against the old one.
We sistered the rotted joists before laying the new subfloor.
The term draws on the idea of paired, identical siblings working together for support.
Made more resistant
- doubledIncreased twofold
- pairedJoined as two
- strengthenedMade more robust
- bolsteredStrengthened or supported
supported · stabilized · secured · aligned · attached · adjacent · parallel · alongside
Horizontal structural beam
- beamStructural support member
- rafterSloped roof support
- studUpright wall framing
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
doubling · reinforcing · strengthening · splicing · scabbing · laminating · pairing · bridging
reinforced
Made more resistant
- doubledIncreased twofold
- pairedJoined as two
- strengthenedMade more robust
bolstered · supported · stabilized · secured · aligned · attached · adjacent · parallel · alongside · coupled
joist
Horizontal structural beam
truss · doubling · reinforcing · strengthening · splicing · scabbing · laminating · pairing · bridging · blocking
sisteredreplaced
Removed and substituted
removed · ripped out · demolished · cut out · extracted
sisterednotched
Having V-shaped cuts
cut · weakened · compromised · reduced · trimmed
sisteredweakened
Made less capable
compromised · undermined · unsupported · neglected · abandoned
- big sisterOlder female sibling
- little sisterYounger female sibling
- older sisterFemale sibling born earlier
- younger sisterLater-born female sibling
- baby sisterYounger female sibling
- twin sisterSame-birth female sibling
sister, sisters, sisterly, sisterhood, stepsister, half-sister, unsisterly