A trapeze is a bar of wood or metal hanging from two ropes on which people in a circus swing and perform skilful movements. a short bar hanging from two ropes high above the ground, used by acrobats (trapèze, from trapezium; TRAPEZIUM)
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[ tra-'pEz also tr&- ] (noun.) 1861. French trapèze, from New Latin trapezium.