cross-beamn.
/ˈkrɒsbiːm/ A beam placed across some part of a structure or mechanism; a transverse beam.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [noun] > anything lying transversely > cross-piece, -bar, or -beam
slote1485
crossbar1562
bail1575
cross-beam1594
traverse1604
bint1629
cross-yard1634
crown beam1776
cross-tie1813
cross-rail1836
stretcher1844
spall1895
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 96 They want neither the bellowes, nor the crosse-beame, nor the cordes..nor the Organ pipes.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Traversin, A crosse-beame, or peece of timber, in a ship, etc.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Cross-piece or Cross-beam, a Beam laid a-cross another: In a Ship, it is a great piece of Timber that goes a-cross two other pieces call'd Bitts, and to which the Cable is fasten'd when the Ship rides at Anchor.
1825 N. Wood Pract. Treat. Railroads 146 The piston rods..are attached to the cross-beams [in Stephenson's Killingworth locomotive].
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxxi. 366 The old oak roof supported by cross-beams.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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