ˈraising-piece
[f. rasen n. (q.v.), associated with raising vbl. n.]
A wall-plate.
| a 1548 Hall Chron. xii, Hen. VIII 605 From the firste water table to the raysyng or resun pieces. 1663 Gerbier Counsel 66 Oake Roofing raysing pieces. 1679 Moxon Mech. Exerc. I. 143 Wall plates, or Raising Pieces and Beams. 1736 Neve City & C. Purchaser s.v. 1842 Gwilt Archit. §1023 Raising Piece, one which lies under a beam or beams and over the posts or punchions. |
So ˈraising-plate.
| 1679 Moxon Mech. Exerc. I. 137 They frame the Raising-plates just as the Ground-plates are framed; and then frame the Roof into the Raising-plates. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 571 Wall-plates are sometimes called raising plates. |