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stringpiece

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stringpiece [ˈstrɪŋˌpiːs]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a long horizontal timber beam used to strengthen or support a framework
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Bolzer and the choleric and angry-eyed Alec Severn, who, while the Salamander was being made fast, stepped on the stringpiece.
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But when she had dropped from the wharf's stringpiece to the deck of the tug she stopped abruptly and stared.
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