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Crossbar   Listen
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Crossbar  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.
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.






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"Crossbar" Quotes from Famous Books



... obtain a better view, Pezare waited until the sun had risen. The Spanish lady, who was fleet of foot, had a quick eye and a sharp ear, heard footsteps, peeped out, and perceiving the king, followed by the Venetian, through a crossbar in the closet in which she slept the night that the queen had her lover between two sheets, which is certainly the best way to have a lover. She ran to warn the couple of this betrayal. But the king's eye was already at the cursed ...
— Droll Stories, Volume 3 • Honore de Balzac



Words linked to "Crossbar" :   swingletree, whiffletree, doubletree, crosspiece, whippletree



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