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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crossbar n 1: a horizontal bar that goes across something 2: horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over 3: long thin horizontal piece between two vertical posts
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