What is a long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like called?
stringer — (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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