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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Cape Cod Stories by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

The distance was seven or eight feet, but she cleared it and landed on the stringpiece.

From Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway by Emerson, Alice B.

While talking he had gone across the gap, stepping lightly upon a stringpiece probably a foot wide, and proceeding over the ties.

From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Morgan, Wallace

He clambered over the stringpiece, right at the heels of his impatient but grateful passenger.

From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby