Meanings
nounqueen post (plural queen posts)
plural queen posts
- businessA 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
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Translations
Bulgarian подпорна греда
- подпорна греда (podporna greda)a supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post
Irish ríonphost
- ríonphosta supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post
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