Definitions for: Crossbar


[n] long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts
[n] game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
[n] a horizontal bar that goes across something



Webster (1913) Definition: Cross"bar` (-b[aum]r`), n.
A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the
iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor
to insure its turning fluke down. --Russell.

Crossbar shot, a projectile which folds into a sphere for
loading, but on leaving the gun expands to a cross with a
quarter ball at the end of each arm; -- used in naval
actions for cutting the enemy's rigging.

See Also: bar, crosspiece, game equipment, goalpost, swingletree, whiffletree, whippletree

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