crossmember

plural crossmembers · alternative cross-member

1. architectureA transverse structural support.

   But those crossmembers, you know like, there’s no—there would be no way to put him in the ground without… dismembering him.

   2025 March 20 [2023 May 1], Midwest Safety, “911 Call Leads to Horrifying Discovery in a Shed”, in YouTube (video)

2. rail transportA beam lying crosswise; a rail.

   The machines are supported at the pinion end by the gearcase itself and at the other end by cross-members of the bogie frame.

   1964 February, “French 155mph electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 124