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

The five aged fishermen, who subsisted 112 on the charity of the town, formed a delegation on one stringpiece to wave the fleet farewell.

From The Harbor of Doubt by Gage, George W.

Doubtless that was the time the Bradys saw him bending over the stringpiece.

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

Still seated upon the stringpiece of the wharf, Swanson so moved that his back was toward the four men.

From The Lost Road by Davis, Richard Harding

Ed swam for it and climbed upon the pier, where he sat down on the stringpiece to rest.

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