Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A transverse or horizontal piece, as of a structure or implement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In general, a piece of material of any kind placed or fastened across anything else.
- noun Nautical:
- noun In anatomy, the great white transverse commissure of the brain; the corpus callosum, or trabs cerebri. See
corpus . - noun A small cross-guard of a sword or dagger, hardly large enough to protect the hand, as in most Roman swords.
- noun Same as
crosspatch .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.
- noun (Naut.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
horizontal ortransverse beam or similarmember thatextends across orperpendicular to something. - noun nautical A bar or timber connecting two
knightheads or twobitts .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a transverse brace
- noun a horizontal beam that extends across something
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Examples
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Nowadays, the wheel is often made from a cast cement disc, or from a truck tire, mounted on a wooden crosspiece which is attached to the bearing.
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Smiling, Logan flipped the practice sword over in his hand, catching the narrow end and swinging the crosspiece as if it were a hammerhead.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Even a lean-to needs two uprights and a crosspiece.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Smiling, Logan flipped the practice sword over in his hand, catching the narrow end and swinging the crosspiece as if it were a hammerhead.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Smiling, Logan flipped the practice sword over in his hand, catching the narrow end and swinging the crosspiece as if it were a hammerhead.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Even a lean-to needs two uprights and a crosspiece.
Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011
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Smiling, Logan flipped the practice sword over in his hand, catching the narrow end and swinging the crosspiece as if it were a hammerhead.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Strings of smoke rose from the crosspiece like dirty handkerchiefs, and in the distance I saw a flatbed truck roaring down the dirt road toward the blacktop.
The Convict and Other Stories James Lee Burke 2010
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“I can see the lighthouse on the island,” she said at the top with one long leg hooked over the crosspiece which supported a lantern.
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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“I can see the lighthouse on the island,” she said at the top with one long leg hooked over the crosspiece which supported a lantern.
THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010
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