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Webster 1913 Edition


Trapeze

Tra-peze′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
trapèze
.]
1.
(Geom.)
A trapezium. See
Trapezium
, 1.
2.
A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; – used by gymnasts.

Definition 2024


Trapeze

Trapeze

See also: trapeze and trapèze

German

Noun

Trapeze

  1. plural of Trapez

trapeze

trapeze

See also: Trapeze and trapèze

English

Woman on a trapeze.

Noun

trapeze (plural trapezes)

  1. (archaic) A trapezium.
  2. A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; used by gymnasts.

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Verb

trapeze (third-person singular simple present trapezes, present participle trapezing, simple past and past participle trapezed)

  1. To swing on a trapeze