rough string
Building and Joinery (now rare )
noun
(Usually in plural) either of the two inclined pieces of timber supporting the steps of a wooden staircase.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Peter Nicholson (1765–1844), architectural writer and mathematician.
- flowering plant
- flowering quince
- flowering rush
- flowerless
- flower-like
- flowerpecker
- flowerpot
- flower power
- flower seller
- flower shop
- flower show
- flowers of sulfur
- flowers of sulphur
- flowers of zinc
- flower stall
- flowery
- flowing
- flowingly
- flowing sheet
- flow line
- flowmeter
- flown
- flow-on
- flowsheet
- flowstone