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queen post en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post.
    • The bridge carries a double track, and consists of a 300 ft. span, supported on queen post trusses, over the river, and three 100-ft. spans at the Chepstow end. 1948 November and December, “River Wye Bridge, Chepstow”, in Railway Magazine, page 354:

Forms

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queen posts Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

queen truss

Translations (2)

bg подпорна греда (a supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post) · ga ríonphost (a supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post)