crossbar
verbEtymology From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar.
1
To mark with a pattern of transverse bars.
crossbar
nounUS /ˈkɹ̠ɑs.bɑɹ/
Etymology From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar.
1
Any transverse bar or piece, such as a bar across a door, or the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor.
2
Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The top of the goal structure.
- The effervescent Suarez then went close again as he worked space for a shot after a mazy run but could not keep his close-range shot below the crossbar.2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, in BBC Sport:
3
The top tube of a bicycle frame.
- Derived terms
- crossbar hotel, crossbar shot, crossbar switch