Arch. [CROSS- 4.] One of the ribs extending diagonally from one pier to another in groined vaulting.
1816. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, I. 163. The cross-springers were ornamented … with carvings of Zigzag and other Norman ornaments.
1843. P. Parley’s Ann., IV. 293. The cross-springers are perforated into airy forms.
1862. Rickman, Goth. Archit., 144. The great cross-springer rib.
