crossbar

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

crossbar
    n 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Crossbar \Cross"bar`\ (-b[aum]r`), 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. --Russell.
   [1913 Webster]

   {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.
      [1913 Webster]