crossbar

crossbar

1. a horizontal beam across a pair of goalposts

2. a horizontal bar mounted on vertical posts used in athletics or show-jumping

3. the horizontal bar on a man's bicycle that joins the handlebar and saddle supports

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crossbar

[′krȯs‚bär]

(civil engineering)

In a grating, one of the connecting bars which extend across bearing bars, usually perpendicular to them.

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