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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Example Sentences

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

"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

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 Galouye, Daniel F.

This required a bowsprit, but as we had little time to spare we used the jib-boom of the ice boat, nailing it to the deck beam of the canoe.

From The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island by Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell)

Then a light deck beam is set in amidships, the mast step put in, and the inside of the hull and the bottom of the deck painted.

From Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various