Definition of Queen post

1. Noun. Vertical tie post in a roof truss.

Generic synonyms: Post

Definition of Queen post

1. Noun. A supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Queen Post

queen breeding
queen consort
queen dowager
queen it
queen it over
queen mother
queen of beasts
queen of clubs
queen of diamonds
queen of puddings
queen of spades
queen of the May
queen of the night
queen palm
queen palms
queen post (current term)
queen regent
queen regnant
queen triggerfish
queen truss
queen trusses
queencraft
queendom
queendoms
queene
queened
queenes
queenfish
queenfishes
queenhood

Literary usage of Queen post

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Queen-post Roof Truss; half elevation, 38' o" spa« fixed on the principal rafters with intervals of about 8 ft., and on these the common rafters are ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A vertical post in a roof truss, whether a king post or a queen post. It is sometimes a joggle piece. These are both rare in the United States. Door Post. ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Queen-post Roof Truss; half elevation, 38' o* spa fixed on the principal rafters with intervals of about 8 ft., and on these the common rafters are fastened ..."

4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"... truss known as the queen post, from the fact that the vertical members, shown dotted, are made of timber, and are so constructed as to resemble posts. ..."

5. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1895)
"the truss may be considered aa a queen-post truss, with the loads P,, P, concentrated at К and the loads P9, /'4 concentrated at F. Then, compres- sive ..."

6. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1910)
"The queen post Truss Without Diagonals.—Trussed beams are sometimes made of the form shown in Fig. 61, the member AD being a continuous beam. ..."

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