Obs. Also king’s-piece. = KING-POST.
1664. Evelyn, trans. Freart’s Archit., 133. The Hyperthyron which the Italians call Soppra frontale, and our Carpenters the King-piece.
1679. Moxon, Mech. Exerc., 169. King peece, see Joggle peece.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 450/1. Kings piece … which stands upright in the middle of the Gable end [of a wooden house].
