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KING POST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does king post mean?
• KING POST (noun)
The noun KING POST has 1 sense:
1. post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss
Familiarity information: KING POST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("king post" is a kind of...):
post (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position)
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