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ˈcross-tie
[cross- 4.]
A transverse connecting piece (of timber, etc.); spec. in U.S. = tie n. 7 b.
1813Niles' Reg. III. 323/1 The three large ribs are preserved in their proper relative situations by fifty-four crossties. 1833in J. R. Commons et al. Documentary Hist. Amer. Industrial Soc. (1910) I. 219 Begun laying cross-ties of plantation railroad. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Cross-tie, a railway sleeper; a connecting band in building. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 244/1 The longitudinals are connected and kept to gauge by transoms or cross-ties at intervals. 1890Harper's Mag. May 888/1 Across this ditch two old ‘cross⁓ties’ made a bridge to the railway. 1908Daily Chron. 14 Nov. 8/6 A few variations in frame design..taking the form of auxiliary cross-ties and supplementary diagonals. 1948Clarke County Democrat 23 Sept. 1/2 Cross ties and switch ties. |