Crosspieces

The two logs were small and straight, and were lashed together by means of tough roots and crosspieces of wood. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You slipped the boards onto the padded crosspieces and pulled out a loop of steel cable from a roller on the outside. ❋ Peter Heller (2010)

The doctor squatted at the base and drew my attention to a small opening in the rubble, supported by one of the fallen crosspieces. ❋ William James Henry (2009)

Now there were new sections installed on gravel beds all the way up the lines and around the outfield, held up by a thicket of shiny tubular beams and crosspieces, like scaffolding. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The directions didn't indicate if the crosspieces had to be installed facing in any particular direction shown right, and the predrilled holes on them didn't line up with the holes in the chair seat. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That meant we would have to lift the existing dock and hold it while my father nailed the crosspieces underwater. ❋ E (2008)

By the time the job was done, we were all covered with mud and shivering with cold, but our mission was accomplished: the dock was above the water, set sturdily on new pilings and crosspieces. ❋ E (2008)

The tricky part came next: my father wanted to replace the crosspieces underneath the dock and raise the dock a few inches. ❋ E (2008)

So mostly, we stood in the muck, shifting back and forth to find a place to stand, and held the dock up while my father nailed crosspieces into place. ❋ E (2008)

The directions didn't indicate if the crosspieces had to be installed facing in any particular direction (shown right), and the predrilled holes on them didn't line up with the holes in the chair seat. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tau molecules bind tightly to the sides of the microtubules, reinforcing them like the crosspieces on a railroad track. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There are night parades of men balancing poles up to 10 meters long with tiers of lanterns hung on crosspieces five meters wide on their shoulders, heads and hips. ❋ Unknown (2005)

We had untwisted our short piece of remaining rope into twine and used it to fasten the crosspieces we had cut from our remaining lumber. ❋ Hobb, Robin (2005)

As Caleb crossed, one of our crosspieces came lose and fell to the muck below. ❋ Hobb, Robin (2005)