trapeze

A short horizontal bar suspended from two parallel ropes, used for gymnastic exercises or for acrobatic stunts.

A cable rigged to support a sailor in hiking out on a racing yacht.

An article of women’s clothing, such as a jacket, dress, or coat, that is cut so as to hang down from the shoulders and swing out and away around the hips and legs.

A trapezium.

In gymnastics, a swing consisting of one or more cross-bars, each suspended by two cords at some distance from the ground, on which various exercises or feats of strength and agility are performed.

A trapezium. See trapezium, 1.

A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; — used by gymnasts.

A trapezium.

A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; — used by gymnasts.

To swing on a trapeze