athwart
From side to side
Athwart is a little-used preposition except in seafaring, where it can mean across the course of.
In other uses it means across or in opposition to: The scientific study runs athwart conventional wisdom.
Structural support member
Move across an area
- spanDistance between endpoints
- intersectCross at a point
- crosswiseAt right angles
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
passage · diagonal · transverse · perpendicular · oblique · askew · aslant · sideways
Flat service surface
- againstIn opposition to
- contraryOpposed in nature
- opposingStanding against something
- adverseHarmful or opposed
resistant · blocking · obstructing · impeding · hindering · conflicting · clashing · contravening
beam
Structural support member
abeam · port · starboard · hull · deck · keel · stern · bow · fore · aft
traverse
Move across an area
bridge · passage · diagonal · transverse · perpendicular · oblique · askew · aslant · sideways · crisscross
counter
Flat service surface
adverse · resistant · blocking · obstructing · impeding · hindering · conflicting · clashing · contravening · defying
athwartlengthwise
Along the longer dimension
longitudinally · along · parallel · in line with · fore-and-aft
athwartin favor of
Supporting or approving
in accordance with · with · supporting · in keeping with · abetting