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dragging piece

noun

  1. (in a hipped roof ) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.


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Example Sentences

Morning, noon, and night, morning, noon, and night, each recurring with its accompanying monotony, always the same reluctant return of the same sequences of machinery, like a dragging piece of clockwork.

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