barre
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
barre /bɑː/
▶noun a horizontal bar at waist level used as a support by ballet dancers during certain exercises.
– origin from Fr.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
barré /ˈbareɪ/
▶noun Music a method of playing a chord on the guitar or a similar instrument in which one finger is laid across all the strings at a particular fret.
– origin C19: Fr., lit. ‘barred’, past part. of barrer.
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