key-beam

Updated: July 21, 2025

So down went her eye to the finger-hole again, but all she saw was the kitchen, with its sanded floor and bright turf fire, the key-beam with the nets hanging across it, and Betty stitching away as fast as her fingers could fly. "This is the most extraordinary thing I ever heard tell of," said Joan to herself. "I'll have another look."

Mabel Quiller-Couch - Cornwall's Wonderland