Usually means: Central vertical support in trusses.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word king post:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. king post: Merriam-Webster
  2. king post: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. king post: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. king post: Collins English Dictionary
  5. king post: Vocabulary.com
  6. king-post: Wordnik
  7. king post: Wiktionary
  8. king post: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. king post: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. King-post, king-post, king post: Dictionary.com
  11. King-post, King post: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. King-post: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. king-post: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. king post: Rhymezone
  15. King-post: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. king-post, king post: FreeDictionary.org
  17. king post: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. King-post, king post: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. KING-POST: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. King-post, king post: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See king_posts as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (king post)

noun:  A central vertical supporting post used in architecture and bridge as well as in aircraft and ship design.

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