king piecen.
/ˈkɪŋ piːs/, U.S. /ˈkɪŋ ˌpis/ Now rare (historical in later use).
A vertical post which supports the timbers of a roof at the apex; (also) a lintel. Cf. king's piece n. at king n. Compounds 5b, king post n. 1.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > roof-beam > rafter > posts
pendant1359
pendant-post1359
side post1625
crown post1663
king piece1663
king post1669
hip pole1783
queen post1797
king1811
queen1811
middle post1819
ashlar-piece1869
wall-post1871
pendentive1893
1663 W. Pope Of Roofs in G. Richards tr. A. Palladio 1st Bk. Archit. xlviii. 218 King piece, Crown post, or Joggle piece.
1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 169 King peece, See Joggle peece.
1734 Builder's Dict. Dragon Beams are two strong Braces or Struts..meeting in an Angle upon the Shoulder of the Kingpiece.
1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. 355/1 When the brace is framed into the king-pieces or principal rafters, it is by some called a strut.
1840 A. Bartholomew Specif. Pract. Archit. ii. xliv. 694 Entablature and dressings as shown by the drawings, with..king-piece on the architrave under the frieze.
1875 Notes Building Constr. I. vii. 117 The King Post or ‘King Piece’, is intended merely as a tie to hold up the centre of the tie beam.
1916 C. F. Innocent Devel. Eng. Building Constr. vi. 80 Moxon, in the year 1679, indicated the king piece or joggle piece (the modern king-post) as the truss.
1973 L. Russell Colonial Canada v. 56 The ridge was supported at each end by a vertical timber from the middle of the end girder; that was called the kingpiece.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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