crossbeam

English

Etymology

cross +‎ beam

Noun

crossbeam (plural crossbeams)

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

Translations

a horizontal structural beam; a girder

Albanian: shtalkë (sq) f
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܗܪܡܣܐ‎ m
Crimean Tatar: tartma
Dutch: dwarsbalk (nl) m
Finnish: poikkipalkki, poikkipuu (fi)
Galician: travesa, 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
Maori: whiti
Norwegian: tverrbjelke m
Portuguese: travessa (pt) f
Romanian: spetează (ro) f
Russian: попере́чина (ru) f (poperéčina), ба́лка (ru) f (bálka)
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)

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