Obs. Also summier. [a. F. sommier, or alteration of sommer SUMMER sb.2 after this.] A bearing-beam in a building.
1623. T. Goad, Dolef. Euen Song, 11. By the breaking asunder of a maine Sommier or Dormer of that floare.
1625. Lisle, Du Bartas, Noe, 181. Mounting here and there … Into the esparsed pipes o’ th’ Sommier thorow-bored.
1631. Gouge, God’s Arrows, IV. § 15. 399. The maine Summier which crossed the garret was ten inches square.
