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barre
1[ bahr ]
noun
- a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
barré
2[ bah-rey ]
noun
- Textiles. a pattern of stripes or bands of color extending across the warp in woven and knitted fabrics.
- Textiles. a streak in the filling direction when one or more picks are of a color different from that of adjacent picks.
- Music. a technique of playing a chord on a stringed instrument by laying a finger across the strings at a particular fret, raising their pitch.
barre
1/ bar /
noun
- a rail at hip height used for ballet practice and leg exercises
barré
2/ ˈbæreɪ /
noun
verb
- to execute (chords) in this manner
adverb
- by using the barré
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Example Sentences
The bill was strenuously opposed, Chatham in the lords, and Burke and Barré in the commons speaking strongly against it.
Colonel Barré moved an amendment to strike out from the resolution the words "in all cases whatsoever."
Colonel Barré even applauded the good temper with which the subject had been discussed, and refused to make any opposition.
His chief political lieutenants were Dunning and Barré, who at the time sat for his borough Calne.
Nicholas Barré, a man of great firmness and intelligence, one of their number, at length presented himself before the captain.
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