2 Verbs to Use for the Word crosspiece

Valencia, catching a timbered crosspiece, gave it a lift and a heave.

"The metal sheath is curious for having a crosspiece, which, taken with the fact that the sheath itself is continued three parts up the hilt of the dagger (in a most inconvenient fashion), gives it the appearance of a cross.

2 Verbs to Use for the Word  crosspiece