cross-stick

Sayatasha is attended by two Yamuhaktos (with cross-stick masks) and Hututu (also in the white buckskin suit).

Zuni Rock Art Blogging 3 2005

Sayatasha is attended by two Yamuhaktos (with cross-stick masks) and Hututu (also in the white buckskin suit).

Archive 2005-11-01 2005

The sponge is got by means of a cross-stick, fitted with hooks, which being lowered down, fastens upon it, and tears it from the rocks.

Travels through France and Italy 2004

It is much better for amateurs to begin with a kite designed to fly in strong winds, as it is a long and delicate task to learn to manage the variety with extra wide cross-stick meant for ascension in calms.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Various

Mr. Eddy's practice is to add a bracing piece at the back of the cross-stick -- a piece about one-fourth of the length of the cross-stick itself, and of the same width and thickness.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Various

When the frame is finished, cover loosely with manila paper, so that there will be some concavity on the face of the kite on each side below the cross-stick, so that it will belly like a sail; bind the edges with thin wire which stretches less than string.

Healthful Sports for Boys Alfred Rochefort

Then, with a thin, clear paste made of starch, the paper may be laid on, care being taken to paste the edges so as to leave a certain amount of slack or looseness in the part of the kite below the cross-stick, so that each of the lower faces will present concave wind surfaces.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Various

The two sticks (there are never more than two) having been fastened firmly together, the cross-stick must be sprung backward; so that, when finished, the kite will present a convex or bulging surface to the wind.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Various

It often happens in bending the cross-stick that, owing to differences in the fibre and elasticity of the wood, one side bends more than the other, with the result that the two halves present different curves and consequently unequal wind areas.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Various

But if one half of the cross-stick shows a greater bend than the other, he places the longer arm of the bracing piece toward the side that bends the most, thus presenting a greater leverage against the wind on that side than on the other, and so equalizing things.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 Various