horizontal bar

American  

noun

Gymnastics.

1. a bar fixed in a position parallel to the floor or ground, for use in chinning and other exercises.

2. an event in gymnastic competitions, judged on strength and grace while performing specific movements on such a bar.

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horizontal bar British  

noun

1. Also called: high bar.  gymnastics a raised bar on which swinging and vaulting exercises are performed

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Etymology

Origin of horizontal bar

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

What makes UCLA’s otherwise cookie-cutter postseason look stand out is on the back: “We” printed over a horizontal bar and “me.”

From Los Angeles Times

“We” was printed on the back on top of a horizontal bar and the word “me.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s telling that he conceived of his scenes in clearly delineated horizontal bars that give sky, earth and the Danube River an unshakable, marble-like solidity.

From New York Times

However, the closest of them all was the men’s horizontal bar gymnastics final, where Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka and Colombia’s Angel Barajas were barely inseparable.

From BBC

Manufacturer Nike has changed the cross of St George, with its horizontal bar now a combination of blues and purples rather than the red of the original flag.

From BBC