deck beam

British  

noun

1. nautical a stiffening deck member supported at its extremities by knee connections to frames or bulkheads

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deck beam

Or, he could have typed into a search engine, “connect deck beam to post” — and hoped he would find the correct answer.

From Washington Post

A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.

From Spillthrough by Daniel F. Galouye

It fell inward with a dull crash and as it did so the professor leaped backward with a startled cry, stumbling over a deck beam and sprawling in a heap.

From The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap

"Come back!" said the deck beam, savagely, as the upward heave of the sea made the frames try to open.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 by Various

At the same time Lawry threw the end of the line over a deck beam, extended across the skylight, and began to "haul in the slack."

From Haste and Waste; Or, the Young Pilot of Lake Champlain. a Story for Young People by Oliver Optic

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