crosspiece

Example Sentences

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As I lowered one foot to the next step, the wooden crosspiece broke, sending my body swinging wildly to the left.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018

I took another step, lowering my feet, with my right hand still on the deck’s crosspiece.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018

Some chimney pipes have a T-shape, with a crosspiece on top that helps draw up gases whenever there is even a slight breeze.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Our long swords were true-to-form in weight and balance with a wooden core and a metal crosspiece at the hilt.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2012

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 "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman