stringpiece

American  

[string-pees] / ˈstrɪŋˌpis /

noun

1. a long, usually horizontal piece of timber, beam, etc., for strengthening, connecting, or supporting a framework.

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stringpiece British  

/ ˈstrɪŋˌpiːs /

noun

1. a long horizontal timber beam used to strengthen or support a framework

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Etymology

Origin of stringpiece

First recorded in 1780–90; string + piece

Example Sentences

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stringpiece

John Breen struggles out of the greenish-black water to a Manhattan stringpiece.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she rose up from where she had been sitting and went along the shaking stringpiece of the dock, her back was still toward the shore.

From Janice Day at Poketown by Long, Helen Beecher

We run alongside the wharf just as Booth Hank climbed over the stringpiece.

From Cape Cod Stories by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

Besides, he was used to being wet half the time, as he and other lads of his acquaintance frequently dived off the stringpiece and swam around in the lake.

From The Boy Pilot of the Lakes Nat Morton's Perils by Webster, Frank V.

In another second the steam tug was clear of the stringpiece of the wharf.

From Leo the Circus Boy by Stratemeyer, Edward