king post in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for king post in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.king [Brit kɪŋ, Am kɪŋ] N

III.king [Brit kɪŋ, Am kɪŋ] VB intr rare

post1 [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] N

I.post2 [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] N Brit

poste fpl

II.post2 [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans

III.post2 [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB intr (travel)

IV.post2 [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans (stick up)

I.post3 [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] N

II.post3 [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans MIL

post4 [Brit pəʊst, Am poʊst] VB trans Am LAW

king post in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for king post in the English»Italian Dictionary

II.post3 [poʊst] VB trans (on Web site)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This has a gigantic tie-beam holding up a king post ceiling.
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It consists of three heavy beech king post trusses with purlins and common rafters, about 16 in below the current roof.
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A smaller, narrower stair leads to an attic where king post trusses support the church's ceiling rafters.
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The king post is normally under tension, and requires quite sophisticated joints with the tie beam and principal rafters.
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