crossbeam

English

Etymology

From cross +‎ beam.

Pronunciation

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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.

Alternative forms

• cross-beam

Translations

a horizontal structural beam; a girder

Albanian: shtalkë (sq) f Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܗܪܡܣܐ m Azerbaijani: atma Crimean Tatar: tartma Dutch: dwarsbalk (nl) m Finnish: poikkipalkki, poikkipuu (fi) Galician: travesa (gl), trabe (gl) German: Querbalken (de) m Greek: τραβέρσα (el) f (travérsa), διαδοκίδα (el) f (diadokída) Ancient: στρωτήρ m (strōtḗr) Icelandic: biti (is) m, slá (is) f Irish: bíoma trasna m Italian: traversa (it) f Korean: 심방 (ko) (simbang) Latin: epistȳlium n, trānstrum n Malay: alang, gulung-gulung Maori: whiti, kaho Middle English: traunsom Norwegian: tverrbjelke m Portuguese: travessa (pt) f Romanian: spetează (ro) f Russian: попере́чина (ru) f (poperéčina), ба́лка (ru) f (bálka), перекла́дина (ru) (perekládina) Samoan: so'a Spanish: barrote (es) m, sopanda (es) f, travesaño (es) m Tagalog: balagbag

a beam laid across the bitts

French: bau (fr) m Greek: διαδοκίδα (el) f (diadokída)