Definition of "king-post" []

• A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "And over bones and logs of immolated men and gods they bore him, past the horrors of other immolated ones that yet lived, to the three-king - post tripod and the huge king-post striker."
• "From the striker king-post, were suspended ropes of climbers to which men could apply their strength and direction."
• "Like a battering ram, this king-post could be driven end-onward against the mighty red-iridescent sphere."