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Cross-Spall

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cross-Spall'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/cross-spall.html. 1828.