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

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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 the tug had made fast to a wharf spile Captain Joe cleared the stringpiece, and walked straight to Marrows.

From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Francis Hopkinson Smith

They found the Quartermaster on a stringpiece immersed to the neck and smoking his pipe, and surrounded him—four small, shouting imps, floating barrels with splashing hands and kicking feet.

From Love Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart

"How 's that?" cried 'Frisco Kid, as he finished making the Dazzler fast fore and aft, and sat down on the stringpiece of the tiny wharf.

From The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London

As Lad tugged his burden beneath the stringpiece, the Master bent down and gripped the sodden wet shoulders of the constable.

From Further Adventures of Lad by Albert Payson Terhune

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