Across
- 2. A framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure.
- 4. An underlying or supporting structure.
- 5. A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.
- 7. A structure built to support the lateral pressure of an arch or span, e.g., at the ends of a bridge.
- 8. A structure built on top of something else.
- 10. An engineer who designs and maintains roads, bridges, dams, and similar structures.
Down
- 1. Building structures in which the main elements that support the load subject only to forces of extension.
- 3. A central stone at the summit of an arch, locking the whole together.
- 4. The full extent of something from end to end; the amount of space that something covers.
- 6. Application of balanced inward forces to different points on a material or structure, that is, forces with no net sum or torque directed so as to reduce its size in one or more directions.
- 9. The state of being stretched tight.