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Crossbar

noun
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.





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"Crossbar" Quotes from Famous Books



... machines, or for any work where an apparatus of the type of a Salter's balance would be of use. It is simple in construction, and consists of a tube A closed at the bottom and forming a reservoir for mercury. The body which it is required to weigh is hung upon the hook B carried by the crossbar C, which is connected by rigid rods to the upper part of the tube, and by means of the internal rods D is attached to the cross head E, which works freely inside the tube A. The top part of the tube is, as will be clearly understood from the illustration, cut ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 • Various


Words linked to "Crossbar" :   bar, crosspiece, game equipment, whiffletree, whippletree, swingletree, goalpost, doubletree


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