n. (Carp.)
n. [ OE. giste, OF. giste, F. gîte, fr. gesir to lie, F. gésir. See Gist. ] (Arch.) A piece of timber laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed; -- called, according to its position or use,
v. t.