pulley piecen.2
/ˈpʊlɪ piːs/, U.S. /ˈpʊli ˌpis/ Now rare (historical in later use).
= pulley stile n. at pulley n.1 Compounds 2.
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1739 I. Gadsdon Geom. Rules made Easy iv. 46 This upper Side of the Sash Frame must be wider than the lower Side, to answer the Splay of the Pully-pieces.
1774 T. Skaife Key Civil Archit. xxix. 154 The principal care should lie in the dividing the pulley-piece, so that there be room for the sashes to move.
1829 J. Elmes Pract. Treat. Dilapidations (ed. 3) App. p. lxii Provide and fix a new mantle to chimney; repair pulley-piece and sill.
1999 Archit. Hist. 42 218 All three pieces were initially made from wainscot oak, the pulley piece which is the heavy-duty member tending to be thicker than the other two.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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