'Pitching piece' definitions:

Definition of 'Pitching piece'

From: GCIDE
  • Pitching \Pitch"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. --Mayhew. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Hydraul. Eng.) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents. [1913 Webster]
  • Pitching piece (Carp.), the horizontal timber supporting the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported. [1913 Webster]