Meaning & use
kingpost
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A vertical post in the center of a triangular roof truss, or a similar support between the deck and keel of a wooden ship.
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The old barn's roof was held up by a sturdy oak kingpost.
Shipwrights fitted a kingpost amidships to brace the mast structure.
A note on using this word
Also written 'king post'; a truss with two such supports instead uses 'queen posts.'
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