trapeze
noun/trəˈpiːz/
/træˈpiːz/
- a wooden or metal bar hanging from two pieces of rope high above the ground, used especially by circus performers
- a trapeze artist
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTrapeze is used before these nouns:- artist
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French trapèze, from late Latin trapezium, from Greek trapezion, from trapeza ‘table’.
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