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

The starboard quarter grated against the piling, and the open stern windows overhung the stringpiece for a moment.

From Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle

The search was, of course, useless, and much depressed in spirits he found himself, at sunrise, on the waterfront, seated on the stringpiece of one of the long piers.

From The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes Or, the secret of the island cave by Edward Stratemeyer

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 Helen Beecher Long

Betty laid the Gem alongside the stringpiece, and Grace and Mollie, leaping out, soon had the boat fast.

From The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem by Laura Lee Hope