stringpiece

English

Etymology

From string +‎ piece.

Noun

stringpiece (plural stringpieces)

1. (architecture, carpentry) A stringer (long piece of timber as support, especially a plank supporting a flight or run of stairs).

   Synonyms: stringboard, string, stringer

References

• “stringpiece”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Translations

a horizontal support, esp. of stairs

• Māori: kauhua, kauhuahua