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

"Gwan, ye little devils!" said the Quartermaster, clutching the stringpiece and looking about in the gloom for a weapon.

From Love Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart

In another second the steam tug was clear of the stringpiece of the wharf.

From Leo the Circus Boy by Edward Stratemeyer

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 Francis Worcester Doughty

The starboard quarter grated against the piling, and the open stern windows overhung the stringpiece for a moment.

From Gold Out of Celebes by Aylward Edward Dingle

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