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crosspiece

[ kraws-pees, kros- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

crosspiece

/ ˈkrɒsˌpiːs /

First recorded in 1600–10; cross- + piece

The others waited, watching him as he surveyed the apparently deserted place from the cross-piece of the pole.

A great ponderous frame stands under a shed, with two heavy screws of oak standing upright in a cross-piece.

He reached down with his right foot—down, down—where the devil was that next cross-piece?

Also he put in the horns and fitted a cross-piece upon the two of them, and stretched seven strings of sheep-gut.

Between the front and back glasses place a small upright tin tube, supported by a cross piece.

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