queen post

English

Noun

queen post (plural queen posts)

1. (construction) A supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post.
   • 1948 November and December, “River Wye Bridge, Chepstow”, in Railway Magazine, page 354:

     The bridge carries a double track, and consists of a 300 ft. span, supported on queen post trusses, over the river, and three 100-ft. spans at the Chepstow end.

Related terms

• queen truss

Translations

a supporting post designed to span longer openings than a king post

• Bulgarian: подпорна греда f (podporna greda)
• Irish: ríonphost m