spar
/spɑɹ/ noun C2- A rafter of a roof.
- A thick pole or piece of wood.
- Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
- A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
Plural spars
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“But surely,” said she, “I may enter his county with impunity, and rob it of a few petrified spars, without his perceiving me.”
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