trapeze
Speech parts
1. trapeze - Noun
2. trapeze - Verb
Meaning
A trapezium. See Trapezium, 1.
A swinging horizontal bar, suspended at each end by a rope; -- used by gymnasts.
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Although Damiel and Cassiel are pure observers, visible only to children, and incapable of any physical interaction with our world, Damiel begins to fall in love with a profoundly lonely circus trapeze artist named Marion.
A trapeze to God, or to nothing, a flying trapeze to some sort of eternity; he prayed objectively for strength to make the flight with grace.
Before anyone else takes to a trapeze, the Incredibles family skate laps long enough for the cast to change into their costumes.
For weeks after, those of us fortunate enough to attend held the playground goggle-eyed with tales of trapeze artists flying without so much as a safety net below.
Hints about his former life are revealed as he gives first aid to performers and wraps bandages around a trapeze for Holly in an expert manner.
Experimental hook-ons and takeoffs were attempted on March 11 and April 27, 1937, but were not very successful, owing to turbulence around the hook-up trapeze.