(n) :
any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use; one of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones
(n) :
any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use; one of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid - supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones