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planche, n. Gymnastics.|plɑːntʃ, semi-anglicized plɑːnʃ|
[a. Fr., lit. ‘plank, slab’: cf. planch n.]
A position in which the body is held parallel with the ground, esp. by the arms (as on the parallel bars, rings, etc.).
1906Sandow's Mag. 24 May 644/2, I can also..hold the front plache [sic] and crucifix on the rings, and several other gymnastic tricks. 1910Health & Strength 16 Apr. 412/2 His long-arm balance, one-arm planches and crucifixes. 1925Ibid. 19 Sept. 271/3, I commenced to practise what is known as a planche, or horizontal. From a hand stand the body is lowered down to this position, and is held there. 1947Brit. Amat. Weight-Lifter Oct. 298/2 We call any movement where the body is held off, and parallel with, the ground a planche. 1968M. F. Musker et al. Guide to Gymnastics vii. 135 The two-arm planche can be performed with increased ease by some beginners by doing it on one bar of a set of low parallel bars. 1988N.Y. Times 7 Aug. xxii. 2/3 Mr. Vercroyssen was next on the trapeze with a ‘planche’—balancing on the bar on the small of the back, arms and legs extended. |