|
|
Definition of Knee piece
1. Noun. Armor plate that protects the knee.
Group relationships: Body Armor, Body Armour, Cataphract, Coat Of Mail, Suit Of Armor, Suit Of Armour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knee Piece
Literary usage of Knee piece
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles of the Mechanics of Machinery and Engineering by Julius Ludwig Weisbach, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"In any bend or knee piece jlB, Fig. 291, there is a resultant pressure CR = R,
which may be put = P ^/-2 = Ft hy . ^/2, Ft being the area of the pipe and h ..."
2. A Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration: To which is Appended by Hector Berlioz (1882)
"In order to prolong the sound, the key should be put down at the same time that
the knee-piece is pressed ; thus : — knee-piece. If it be wished to stop the ..."
3. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"The knee piece B is now prepared for welding, by heating it and staving up ...
The knee piece and beam are then heated in separate fires to a white heat, ..."
4. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1888)
"The vertical stem of a knee-piece Sir w. passes through each tube, ...
The contact "between the stem, each knee-piece, and its tube is shunted over by a ..."
5. A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration: Containing an by Hector Berlioz, Mary Cowden Clarke (1858)
"Two knee-piece« are placed beneath the key-board in such a way as to be readily
put in action by a touch of the player's knees. ..."
6. The Mediæval Church Architecture of England by Charles Herbert Moore (1912)
"Beneath this is a knee piece b, reaching only to the lower purlin c, where it
stops against the principal rafter. The hammer-beam d supports an inclined ..."
Other Resources:
