queen post (kwenpost)

In carp., one of the suspending posts in the framed principal of a IMG:content-1466.jpg:[blocks in formation] A A , queen-posts; B , tie-beam; CC , struts or braces. roof, or in a tru ed partition or other tru , when there are two such posts. When there is only a single post it is called a king - post or crown-post. Also called prick -post. - Queen-post stay, in a railroad-car, a rod or bar fastened to a queen post to secure it against any lateral movement. - Secondary queen-posts, a kind of tru -posts set in pairs, each at the same distance from the middle of the tru , for the purpose of hanging the tie-beam below. Also called side - posts.