The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stringpiece \String"piece`\, n. (Arch.)
A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:
One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs.
Wiktionary
n. (context architecture English) A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; especially one of the longitudinal pieces supporting a flight or run of stairs.
Usage examples of "stringpiece".
Longshoremen and stevedores sprang aside with oaths of terror as the roaring sedan raced straight for the stringpiece at frightful speed.
In another instant, the sedan struck the stringpiece at the end of the pier with a crash that blew out both front tires.
Cops and longshoremen were racing toward the stringpiece where the sedan had made its fatal plunge.
As an illustration of how materials may become highly heated when forced to move particle on particle, it may be well to cite the case in which the iron stringpiece on top of a wooden dam near Holyoke, Mass.
As The Shadow was lifted over a stringpiece to a small cabin cruiser, a glance through slitted lids showed him the East River.
He was staring over the stringpiece at a huge freighter that was being loaded with scrap metal from a lighter alongside.
Swiftly he swam to a ringbolt in the stout stringpiece that closed off the street from the river.
But he bellied close to the stringpiece and stared out into the river.
He climbed over the black stringpiece and let himself slide down into the cold river water.
He sprang to the stringpiece and peered into the darkness of the East River.
Just before the truck leaped from the stringpiece, The Shadow jumped to safety.
His goal was the distant stringpiece beyond which was deep, black water and the distant twinkle of lights on the New Jersey shore.
He understood, however, when he saw The Shadow lie flat across, the murky stringpiece and begin to lower himself, headfirst, below the level of the pier.
Like a lean, swaying pendulum, he made his precarious way back to the stringpiece of the pier and whistled a signal.
The decoration is all piled on the front, as elaborate a design, often, as Palladio ever dreamt of, but at the side, every cornice and stringpiece stops as short as if it had been sawn off, and the whole side is a flat blank piece of brickwork.