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What (who) is kingpost - definition
CENTRAL VERTICAL POST USED IN ARCHITECTURAL OR BRIDGE DESIGNS
King-post; King post truss; Kingpost truss; King truss; King Post; Kingpost; Kingpost (marine); King posts; King-posts; Kingposts; King-pendant; Multiple kingpost; Multiple kingpost bridge; Multiple Kingpost; Multiple kingpost truss
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![A Norman truss in the 18th-century Bolduc House in [[Ste. Genevieve, Missouri]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A Photograph of the Norman Roof Truss in the Attic of the Bolduc House in Ste Genevieve MO.png?width=200 "A Norman truss in the 18th-century Bolduc House in [[Ste. Genevieve, Missouri]]")
![Crown posts in the nave roof at [[Old Romney]] church, Kent, England](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Old Romney Church roof.JPG?width=200 "Crown posts in the nave roof at [[Old Romney]] church, Kent, England")
king post
¦ noun an upright post extending from the tie beam to the apex of a roof truss.
King post
A king post (or king-post or kingpost) is a central vertical post used in architectural or bridge designs, working in tension to support a beam below from a truss apex above (whereas a crown post, though visually similar, supports items above from the beam below).
King-post
·noun 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.
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King post
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A king post (or king-post or kingpost) is a central vertical post used in architectural or bridge designs, working in tension to support a beam below from a truss apex above (whereas a crown post, though visually similar, supports items above from the beam below).
In aircraft design a strut called a king post acts in compression, similarly to an architectural crown post. Usage in mechanical plant and marine engineering differs again, as noted below.
