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deck beam

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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 Goldfrap, John Henry

He was bending his head under the deck beam; his fair beard spread out magnificently over his chest; he looked colossal, ineffectual, and mild.

From Tales of Unrest by Conrad, Joseph

The highest point of the deck is at No. 6, where a deck beam is placed, the shape of it and of the deck at No. 9 being shown in Fig.

From Harper's Young People, April 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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