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Webster 1913 Edition


Crossbeam

Cross′beamˊ

(-bēmˊ)
.
Noun.
1.
(Arch.)
A girder.
2.
(Naut.)
A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

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crossbeam

crossbeam

English

Noun

crossbeam (plural crossbeams)

  1. A horizontal structural beam that runs perpendicular to the primary support beams; a girder.
    The workman hung a light from a crossbeam between the main joists.
  2. (nautical) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

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