crossbar

noun

1. a horizontal bar, line, or stripe.
2. the horizontal bar forming part of the goal posts, as in football and soccer.
3. a horizontal bar used for gymnastics.
4. a horizontal bar that rests on uprights and that an athlete must clear in performing the pole vault or high jump.
5. a horizontal line in some letters of the alphabet, as in capital H.
6. the horizontal top bar on the frame of a man’s bicycle.

noun

1. a horizontal bar, line, stripe, etc
2. a horizontal beam across a pair of goalposts
3. a horizontal bar mounted on vertical posts used in athletics or show-jumping
4. the horizontal bar on a man’s bicycle that joins the handlebar and saddle supports