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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a horizontal beam that extends across something [syn: trave, traverse, crossbeam, crosspiece]
2: a transverse brace

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1706 a horizontal member (as of a structure)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a transverse beam or other component of a structure etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crosspiece Cross"piece` (kr?s"p?s`; 115), n. 1. A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise. 2. (Naut.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.