horizontal bar

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.

horizontal bar

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of horizontal bar¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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