crossbar

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a horizontal bar that goes across something
noun game equipment consisting of a horizontal bar to be jumped or vaulted over
noun long thin horizontal crosspiece between two vertical posts

From Middle English crose bar, equivalent to cross- + bar.

His hands, grasping the lowest crossbar of them, were in such disproportionate proximity to the floor! — The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance, Lucas Malet
The Wizard carried out a big kettle and set it swinging on a crossbar before the tent. — The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
There were cattle tethered to low crossbars, prize beasts of the best blood with smooth round particoloured bodies and numbered shields on their broad foreheads. — Royal Highness, Thomas Mann

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