Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    Querbalken

    попере́чинаpoperéčina, ба́лкаbálka, перекла́динаperekládina

    a horizontal beam that extends across something

  2. A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a horizontal structural beam; a girder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a horizontal structural beam; a girder:

Origin

From cross + beam.

From cross + beam.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: crossbeams

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
crossbeam — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto