crossbeam

English

Etymology

cross +‎ beam

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.

Alternate 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: Balken (de) m
• Greek: τραβέρσα (el) f (travérsa), διαδοκίδα (el) f (diadokída)

  Ancient: στρωτήρ m (strōtḗr)

• Icelandic: biti 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)