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queen post

noun

  1. either of a pair of timbers or posts extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of the center.


queen post

noun

  1. one of a pair of vertical posts that connect the tie beam of a truss to the principal rafters Compare king post
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of queen post1

First recorded in 1815–25
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Example Sentences

At the bend is a condition which resembles that of a hog-chain or truss-rod around a queen-post.

If queen-post trusses are useless, some hundreds of thousands of hog-rods in freight cars could be dispensed with.

This is just such a force as the truss-rod in a queen-post truss must take.

The queen-post truss was remarkably developed by Palladio, a famous Italian architect of the sixteenth century.

But the old style of king-post, queen-post, or hammer-beam roof was prevalent.

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