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Definition: Crossbar shot
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]