cross-beam
(ˈkrɒsbiːm, ˈkrɔːs-)
[cross- 4.]
A beam placed across some part of a structure or mechanism; a transverse beam.
| 1594 T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 96 They want neither the bellowes, nor the crosse-beame, nor the cordes..nor the organ pipes. 1611 Cotgr., Traversin, A crosse-beame, or peece of timber, in a ship, etc. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), 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 Wood Railroads 146 The piston rods..are attached to the cross-beams [in Stephenson's Killingworth locomotive]. 1844 Dickens Mart. Chuz. xxxi, The old oak roof supported by cross-beams. |