Forms: see JOIST sb.1 [f. JOIST sb.1] trans. a. To furnish with joists. b. To fix on joists.
a. 1615. Brieue Cron. Erlis of Ross (1850), 20. He caused to joist and loft the chamber.
1635. Brereton, Trav. (Chetham Soc.), 95. A fair long gallery joiced, not boarded.
1839. Southey, in Q. Rev., LXII. 423. Large holes … in which the several floorings were joisted.
