trapeze
Americannoun
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an apparatus, used in gymnastics and acrobatics, consisting of a short horizontal bar attached to the ends of two suspended ropes.
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(on a small sailboat) a device by which a crew member can be suspended almost completely outboard while hiking.
noun
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a free-swinging bar attached to two ropes, used by circus acrobats, etc
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a sling like a bosun's chair at one end of a line attached to the masthead of a light racing sailing boat, used in sitting out
Etymology
Origin of trapeze
1860–65; < French, special use of trapèze trapezium
Example Sentences
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"I did flying trapeze, acrobatics, and I absolutely loved the performance element of it all," she said.
From BBC
Hanging above the net was a tightwire and an array of trapeze equipment.
From Literature
There were stories of the Apache Wars in the Wild West, a new circus act called a flying trapeze, and Abraham Lincoln arguing that Kansas should be a free state and not slave.
From Literature
The circus is still in town, but the trapeze artists, tightrope walkers and other eye-catching acts are no more.
From BBC
They swing from makeshift trapezes and zipline across Christmas trees.
From Los Angeles Times
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