A transverse bar or strip of wood or other material fixed upon a door, gate, piece of furniture, or the like. Now dialect and technical.

(a) a long piece of timber serving to connect and support a framework (e.g. a floor, bridge); a longitudinal railway-sleeper (U.S.); a heavy…

Building, etc. A horizontal member connecting uprights in a framework, supporting a floor, supporting or tying together a bridge, or the like; a…

A short piece of wood (or iron) nailed on transversely to a piece of joinery, in order to secure or strengthen it; also to give footing on a…