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Definition of Heelposts
1. heelpost [n] - See also: heelpost
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heelposts
Literary usage of Heelposts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1848)
"... notwithstanding their formidable dimensions ; the heelposts in some easts
being upwards of 34 feet long. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Dock Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1904)
"... 204 tons, of the wooden gates (48 feet deep) to a 70-foot lock at Avon- mouth.
These gates are mainly framed in pitch pine and memel, the heelposts and ..."
3. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"... a pair of gates turning upon vertical heelposts placed in the hollow-quoin
recesses of the side walls, meeting at an angle in the centre of the opening, ..."
4. Harbours and Docks: Their Physical Features, History, Construction by Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1885)
"... consist essentially of a pair of gates turning upon vertical heelposts placed
in the hollow-quoin recesses of the side walls, meeting at an angle in the ..."
5. The Floods of the Mississippi River: Including an Account of Their Principal by William Starling (1897)
"Sometimes lighter posts are used, only 4 ft. apart, and should be braced back to
heelposts in the crown of the levee, as in the figure. ..."
6. Aid to Engineering Solution by Lowis d'Aguilar Jackson (1885)
"As it would be difficult to maintain permanently a perfectly continuous curve,
owing to wear of heelposts and set of masonry, a slight salient of ..."
7. Professional Papers by the Corps of Royal Engineers ... Royal Engineers by Great Britain Army. Royal Engineers, Royal Engineers' Institute (Great Britain) (1890)
"... the masonry behind the heelposts down into the sand for several feet below
the foundations. He also had several boreholes ..."
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