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queen post

One of two upright supporting posts set vertically between the rafters and the tie beam at equal distances from the apex of a roof.

queen post

(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) one of a pair of vertical posts that connect the tie beam of a truss to the principal rafters Compare king post

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queen post - vertical tie post in a roof truss

post - an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them"

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