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 brought my left hand down from the wood railing and onto the ladder’s webbing, and then shifted my right hand from the railing to a small wooden crosspiece attached to the deck.
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
Zooey reflexively put his hand on a crosspiece between panes of glass, as if he had a mind to raise the window and lean out of it to watch the two disappear.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
