See Also: trapeze(medicine)
trapeze(dictionary)
trapeze(dictionary)
Trapeze - Sailing(gambling)

trapeze (iou)



trapeze noun. M19.
[French trapeze formed as TRAPEZIUM.]
An apparatus consisting of a crossbar or set of crossbars suspended by ropes, used as a swing to perform acrobatics. M19.
b. Sailing. A sliding support used for outboard balancing on a yacht etc. M20.
A (style of) garment with a trapezium-shaped outline, popular in the 1960s. Also trapeze-line. M20.
Comb.: trapeze artist = trapezist; trapeze harness: worn by a crew member balancing a yacht etc. with a trapeze; trapeze-line: see sense 2 above.
trapezing noun the action of performing on or using a trapeze L19.
trapezist noun a performer on the trapeze L19.