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CROSSBAR
crossbar
(noun) long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts
crossbar
(noun) game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
crossbar
(noun) a horizontal bar that goes across something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
crossbar (plural crossbars)
Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor.
(sports) The top of the goal structure.
The top tube of a bicycle frame.
Synonyms
• (bar through the shank of an anchor): stock
• (top of goal structure): bar
Verb
crossbar (third-person singular simple present crossbars, present participle crossbarring, simple past and past participle crossbarred)
(transitive) To mark with a pattern of transverse bars.
Anagrams
• Scarbros
Source: Wiktionary
Cross"bar` (-br`), n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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