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QUEEN-POST

\kwˈiːnpˈə͡ʊst], \kwˈiːnpˈə‍ʊst], \k_w_ˈiː_n_p_ˈəʊ_s_t]\

Definitions of QUEEN-POST

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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(Arch.) A suspending post in a trussed roof, resting on the tie-beam, and supporting the principal rafters.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

n. One of two suspending posts in a trussed roof, framed below into the tie beam, and above into the principal rafters.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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