(construction) A piece of timber laid on a brick wall, or on a frame, to carry one or more beams.

(chess) A form of chess piece now mandated for most chess competitions which were first designed by Nathaniel Cook and sold in 1849 and named for Howard Staunton, the best player of the time

A strap passing over the shoulder and joining the front and back part of a garment.

A trick or routine that a person uses to entertain others.

Synonym of work of art

(theater) Synonym of jog (“type of flat”)

A painting depicting a winter scene. / (obsolete) Someone (especially a woman) who is emotionally unresponsive.

(now historical) A field of sugarcane.

(archaeology) The initial piece of stone from which a tool is made.

(architecture, obsolete) a horizontal load-bearing beam in a building or other structure; (in later use) spec. the main beam supporting the girders or joists of a floor (or occasionally the rafters of a roof).