queen post.

One of two vertical members used in a roof-truss arrangement instead of a single central king post.

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• queen-post truss

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Two queen posts framed the open center.

The queen-post truss supported the hall’s roof.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular queen post; plural queen posts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.