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Definition of Kingpost
1. n. A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown- post.
Definition of Kingpost
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of king post) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kingpost
1. a supporting structure of a roof [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingpost
Literary usage of Kingpost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"Description of kingpost Truss.—Fig. 2 represents the simplest form of ... 2 top
chord aa, a. vertical kingpost b, which supports the top chord at the center ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1813)
"In fact, the supposed ingenuity of placing the kingpost in the direction of the
radius, which is unquestionably the lise of pressure, proceeds from the ..."
3. Aeroplane Structures by Alfred John Sutton Pippard, John Laurence (1919)
"If the kingpost is attached to the spar, so that it can operate by ... In this
case special attention should be paid to the fitting of the control kingpost. ..."
4. An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical by Joseph Gwilt (1842)
"For by the action of compression and its consequence the kingpost must descend,
... To remedy the inconvenience in roofs constructed of fir, the kingpost is ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1907)
"On the left-hand side of the kingpost over the chancel arch are several figures,
... On one side of the kingpost at the bottom, between the braces, ..."
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