crosspiece
Example Sentences
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The thick perimeter pieces and crosspieces were joined with interlocking mortise and tenon joints.
From Washington Post
The institute said Tuesday the anchor’s wooden crosspiece was still intact, which allowed it to be dated to a tree that grew between 1450 and 1530.
From Seattle Times
I took another step, lowering my feet, with my right hand still on the deck’s crosspiece.
From The New Yorker
It was an ordinary-looking dagger, with a double-sided blade of dull metal about eight inches long, a short crosspiece of the same metal, and a handle of rosewood.
From Literature
She drew aside the curtain and leaned her wrist on one of the crosspieces between panes, but, feeling grit, she removed it, rubbed it clean with her other hand, and stood up more erectly.
From Literature
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