Crossbar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crossbar \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  crossbar
       n 1: a horizontal bar that goes across something
       2: game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped
          or vaulted over
       3: long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts