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

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 Terhune, Albert Payson

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 girl was standing in the stern waving her handkerchief and shouting to a stylishly-dressed middle-aged woman on the stringpiece: "Good-by, mamma!"

From The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler or, Working for the Custom House by Doughty, Francis Worcester

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 Rinehart, Mary Roberts