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straining piece
noun
(in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
Also called straining beam.
Origin:
1795–1805
1795–1805
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Straining piece
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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World English Dictionary
| straining piece or straining beam | |
| —n | |
| a horizontal tie beam that connects the top of two queen posts of a roof truss | |
| straining beam or straining beam | |
| —n | |
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