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cross⋅beam

[kraws-beem, kros-]
–noun
a transverse beam in a structure, as a joist.

Origin:
1585–95; cross- + beam
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cross·beam   (krôs'bēm', krŏs'-)   
n.  A horizontal or transverse beam, especially a structural beam resting on two supports.
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