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

As he rose to the surface a voice called, and looking up he saw Dock Hing grinning down over the stringpiece.

From The Bradys' Chinese Clew The Secrect Dens of Pell Street by Doughty, Francis Worcester

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 Stratemeyer, Edward

The bridge had no protection along the side save a simple stringpiece of timber.

From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin

"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 London, Jack