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horizontal bar

noun

, Gymnastics.

a bar fixed in a position parallel to the floor or ground, for use in chinning and other exercises.
an event in gymnastic competitions, judged on strength and grace while performing specific movements on such a bar.

horizontal bar

gymnastics a raised bar on which swinging and vaulting exercises are performed Also calledhigh bar

First recorded in 1820–30

Next I grasped a horizontal bar and chinned myself fifty times with one hand.

It consists of an upright post, which supports a horizontal bar or arm, which can be put at various angles.

Randle-bar, ran′dl-bar, n. the horizontal bar in an open chimney on which cooking-vessels are hung.

This arm is made out of a slender branch of a tree, and is fastened to the horizontal bar by loops of cord.

The lines of the towers rise uncrossed by horizontal bar from ground to tapering point.

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