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Definitions for Barre

[1] a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
[2] Textiles . a pattern of stripes or bands of color extending across the warp in woven and knitted fabrics.
[3] Textiles . a streak in the filling direction when one or more picks are of a color different from that of adjacent picks.
[4] 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.
[5] a rail at hip height used for ballet practice and leg exercises
[6] 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
[7] the playing of chords in this manner
[8] to execute (chords) in this manner
[9] by using the barré

Words nearby Barre

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Origin of Barre

é< French: literally, barred, past participle of barrer, derivative of barre bar1

Word origin for Barre

éC19: from French, from barrer bar 1