sistered
USSIS-turd/ˈsɪs.tɚd/UKSIS-tuhd/ˈsɪs.tə(ɹ)d/
- 1Simple past and past participle of sister.
The carpenter sistered the cracked joist with a fresh length of lumber.
Each weakened rafter was sistered before the new roof went on.
Note
A regular -ed form, so one spelling covers both the past (the carpenter sistered the joist) and the participle after have or be (the rafter was sistered). Its living use is the builder's: you sister a weak beam by fastening a second beam alongside it. Because the verb is transitive, the passive comes naturally. An older sense, to resemble closely as a sister does, is now obsolete.
sistered is a form of sister
sister, verb: To brace a load-bearing beam by attaching a second beam along its length. Full entry
- Spelling
- sister → sistered: add -ed
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