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Parallel bars   /pˈɛrəlˌɛl bɑrz/   Listen
Parallel bars

noun
1.
Gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights.  Synonym: bars.



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"Parallel bars" Quotes from Famous Books



... tales—was a good boxer as well as a marvellous acrobat, and he could look like what he pleased. One morning a muscular and vain New York swell saw in a gymnasium one whom he supposed to be a very verdant New Jersey rustic gaping about. The swell exhibited with great pride his skill on the parallel bars, horizontal pole, et cetera, and seeing the countryman absolutely dumbfounded with astonishment, proposed to the latter to put on the gloves. "Jersey" hardly seemed to know what gloves were, but with much trouble he was got into form ...
— Memoirs • Charles Godfrey Leland

... corresponding with those on the surfaces of the bladders of the previous species. Similar papillae abound on the rhizomes, and even on the entire leaves, but they are rather broader on the latter. Vessels, marked with parallel bars instead of by a spiral line, run ...
— Insectivorous Plants • Charles Darwin

... contrary, you realize that the owner of the gymnasium gives you the chance to develop your muscles, and you thank him, although he makes you pay for the privilege. And you do your very best, on the trapeze, rings, parallel bars, ...
— Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers • Arthur Brisbane



Words linked to "Parallel bars" :   exerciser, uneven bars, gymnastic apparatus, plural, bar, plural form



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