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Definition of Stringpieces
1. stringpiece [n] - See also: stringpiece
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stringpieces
Literary usage of Stringpieces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forms of Pleading in Actions for Legal Or Equitable Relief: Prepared with by Austin Abbott, Carlos Coolidge Alden (1898)
"... ACTIONS FOR NEGLIGENCE. bulkhead and stringpieces, in good and proper repair
for the safety of teams, cart horses, merchandise and passengers passing to ..."
2. The Country House: A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of by Charles Edward Hooper (1905)
"The framing of the risers into the treads, as shown in the cut, is calculated to
allow for the spring of the treads between the stringpieces, as well as the ..."
3. The Country House: A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of by Charles Edward Hooper (1906)
"... as shown in the cut, is calculated to allow for the spring of the treads
between the stringpieces, as well as the natural shrinkage of the risers. ..."
4. The Country House: A Practical Manual of the Planning and Construction of by Charles Edward Hooper (1906)
"The framing of the risers into the treads, as shown in the cut, is calculated to
allow for the spring of the treads between the stringpieces, as well as the ..."
5. The American and English Encyclopaedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, James Cockcroft, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield (1904)
"The supporta of a bridge are the abutments, piers, and trestles on which the
stringpieces rest from beneath ; and the cross- pieces under the ..."
6. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"They were little better than tramways, supported by cross-ties with longitudinal
stringpieces covered with thin strips of iron. The carriages were propelled ..."
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