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barre
1[bahr]
noun
a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
é
2[bah-rey]
noun
Textiles.a pattern of stripes or bands of color extending across the warp in woven and knitted fabrics.
Textiles.a streak in the filling direction when one or more picks are of a color different from that of adjacent picks.
Music.a technique of playing a chord on a stringed instrument by laying a finger across the strings at a particular fret, raising their pitch.
é
1/ ˈæɪ /
noun
the act of laying the index finger over some or all of the strings of a guitar, lute, or similar instrument, so that the pitch of each stopped string is simultaneously raised Compare capo 1
the playing of chords in this manner
verb
to execute (chords) in this manner
adverb
by using the é
barre
2/ bar /
noun
a rail at hip height used for ballet practice and leg exercises
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of é1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of é1
Origin of é2
Example Sentences
You always want to go back and do a barre.
Sheena Gough is 89 years old but she can easily lift her leg on to a ballet barre to demonstrate elegant dance moves to her class.
Increased interest has pushed Westside Ballet to add 12 more adult dance classes to its schedule, including ballet, pointe instruction, jazz, ballroom, floor barre and theater jazz.
If asked about their families, it might be on the record that Lydia’s softball-playing sister, Delores, loved watching her sibling at the barre.
"Last one to the barre is a rotten egg!"
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