Crosspiece in a sentence

Crosspiece meaning

1. A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
2. A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts; a timber over the windlass, with pins for belaying the running rigging.

Using Crosspiece

• The main meaning on this page is: A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something. | A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts; a timber over the windlass, with pins for belaying the running rigging.
• Useful related words include: trave, traverse, crossbeam, beam.

Context around Crosspiece

• Average sentence length in these examples: 15.5 words
• Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
• Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

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Corpus analysis for Crosspiece

• In this selection, "crosspiece" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 15.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
• Around the word, single stand out and add context to how "crosspiece" is used.
• Recognizable usage signals include a single crosspiece to which and from the crosspiece. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
• By corpus frequency, "crosspiece" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.