Definition of Crossarm

1. a horizontal bar [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossarm

cross that bridge when one comes to it
cross that bridge when one gets there
cross that bridge when one gets to it
cross the Rubicon
cross the aisle
cross the floor
cross the line
cross thwart
cross tolerance
cross vine
cross wire
crossabilities
crossability
crossable
crossallergy
crossarm (current term)
crossarms
crossband
crossbanded
crossbanding
crossbandings
crossbands
crossbar
crossbarred
crossbarring
crossbars
crossbeak
crossbeaks
crossbeam
crossbeams

Literary usage of Crossarm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Engineering Manual of the American Electric Railway Engineering (1916)
"XI LATERAL WIRES Class A lateral connections shall be made by placing a double crossarm at right angles under or over the crossarm carrying the Class A ..."

2. Transactions by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1914)
"Each crossarm will be sufficiently strong to withstand a horizontal strain in any direction applied at the end of the crossarm of 5000 pounds; ..."

3. The Road Laws of California: Embracing the Provisions of the Constitution by California (1911)
"... that where no more than one crossarm is maintained on a pole, all the wires or cables conducting or carrying at any one time more than six hundred volts ..."

4. American Electrical Cases: Being a Collection of All the Important Cases by William Weeks Morrill, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Austin B. Griffin (1902)
"If this electric light wire was only about six inches below the bottom crossarm, it would be about eleven inches from the Western Union wires, ..."

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