spars

A rafter of a roof.

A thick pole or piece of wood.

A bar of wood used to fasten a door.

Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.

A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.

To bolt, bar.

To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.

A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.

To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.

To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.

To contest in words; to wrangle.

Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.

Any crystal with readily discernible faces.