1. constructed or reinforced with flitches (strips of wood or metal)
Usage: technical; carpentry/construction

1. past tense and past participle of flitch; to cut into flitches or to reinforce with flitches
Usage: technical; carpentry/construction

Examples

• The carpenter flitched the beam with steel plates to increase its strength.
• A flitched beam combines wood and metal for superior load-bearing capacity.
• The old bridge was reinforced with flitched girders during renovation.
• They flitched the timber joists to meet modern building codes.
• Flitched construction was common in 19th-century industrial buildings.