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How to pronounce crosspiece in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms crossbeam, trave, traverse
Type of beam
Type Words
Type of brace, bracing
Has types cross thwart, crossbar, round, rundle, rung, spoke, stave, thwart, transom, traverse

Examples of crosspiece

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The chair should not have any crosspiece going across the middle between the legs.
From the guardian.co.uk
I can nail my left palm to the left-hand crosspiece but I can't do everything myself.
From the npr.org
For every crosspiece she cleared, there were two emblazoned with the image of her ankle.
From the stltoday.com
The upper part of the helmet has a riveted iron crosspiece reinforcement.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Later it also came to be used for an execution stake having a crosspiece.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It won't fly without a crosspiece, but it hangs up swell.
From the washingtonpost.com
These two wings are bridged by a crosspiece that contains a spectacular sunken kitchen and breakfast area.
From the nytimes.com
So I took a wire clothes hanger with a cardboard crosspiece that had sticky residue on it and nailed it to my closet wall.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The victim was tied to the crosspiece and was hoisted up with the horizontal beam and made fast to the vertical stake.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Trave: a horizontal beam that extends across something
  • A transverse brace
  • A piece of timber connecting two bitts.