trapezen.

Brit.

/trəˈpiːz/, U.S.

/trəˈpiz/,

/ˌtræˈpiz/

Etymology: < French trapèze in same senses, < Latin trapezium n.

a. An apparatus for gymnastic exercises and feats, consisting of a horizontal crossbar suspended by two ropes in the manner of a swing.Probably originally applied to a kind in which the ropes formed a trapezium (in sense 1b) with the roof and crossbar.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > equipment

plummet?1537

springboard?1780

horse1785

trampoline1798

club1815

gallows1817

Indian club1825

rope1825

horizontal bar1827

trapeze1830

vaulting bar1839

parallel bars1850

wooden horse1854

trapezium1856

giant stride1863

ring1869

vaulting horse1875

mast1880

fly-pole1884

pommel1887

Roman ring1894

mat1903

wall bar1903

pommel horse1908

buck1932

pommel vault1932

landing mat1941

rebounder1980

1830 Encycl. Brit. XI. 350/2 The trapeze consists of a horizontal bar suspended by ropes at a height of 4 or 5 feet from the floor.

1861 Sat. Rev. 22 June 635 The ring is neither more nor less likely to cause death than the rope or the trapèze.

1865 Public Opinion 21 Jan. 81 His performances are of a very extraordinary character; among other things, he holds on to the trapeze by his teeth.

1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxxvi Will you..show the boys how to twist round a trapeze.

1908 Daily Chron. 11 June 1/4 At this altitude of two miles above the ground her feet became entangled in the trapeze ropes.

b. Sailing. (See quot. 1961.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > trapeze or toe-strap in small sailing boat

toe-strap1884

trapeze harness1946

trapeze1961

1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 211 Trapeze, in sailing dinghies, a sliding support used by the crew for outboard balancing when they lay up to windward.

1969 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 7/7 The work covers the origins of the trapeze (a means of crew support to help in holding a light dinghy level in a breeze).

1977 Mod. Boating (Austral.) Jan. 43/3 Try looking at the race with your head upside down sometime when you are..flat out on the trapeze.

a. = trapezium n. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > quadrilateral > irregular > with two parallel sides

trapezium1570

trapezoid1795

trapeze1864

1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. hence in later Dicts.

b. (See quot. 1968); = trapeze-line n. at Compounds below.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other

disguise1340

disguisingc1386

shiftc1570

French cut1606

knaverya1616

small clothes1625

small storesa1643

nugging-dress1699

kilting1721

fancy dress1770

under-habit1772

man-millinery1790

sheen1802

costume1818

ingubu1833

bedizenment1837

tat1839

extravaganza1860

rational dress1873

rubber1876

pearly1890

new look1920

collection1921

Daks1933

smart casual1943

separates1945

trapeze1958

Carnaby Street1965

haute boutique1966

kinderwhore1994

1958 Spectator 13 June 761/2 Miss Lee is the only lady member to have adopted the new short skirt..and none of them has so far ventured upon the trapeze.

1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 30 The trapeze was a wide, stiff full-skirted tent shape stopping at the knees and moulding the figure to a high bust in front while falling free from the shoulders at the back. Trapeze was short for trapezium..but somehow a circus trapeze seemed to describe it more visually and the fashion magazines showed dresses on, under or in front of them.

Compounds

trapeze artist n. one who performs acrobatics on a trapeze.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > trapeze artist

aerialist1869

trapezist1875

perchist1938

trapeze artist1938

1938 Amer. Mag. CXXV. 90 Mother Millette started as a trapeze artist.

1981 W. Strathern Don't look for Me—I'm Dead iii. 52 The lean and sinewy strength of a trapeze artist.

trapeze harness n. Sailing (see quot. 1981).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > trapeze or toe-strap in small sailing boat

toe-strap1884

trapeze harness1946

trapeze1961

1946 Yachts & Yachting 20 Aug. 383/2 (advt.) All G.R.P., well equipped boat Needlespar, trolley, cover, certificate, lifting rudder, trapeze harness, ready to race.

1981 B. Webb Schult's Sailing Dict. 297/2 Trapeze, gear fitted to fast racing dinghies and some keelboats to enable the crew to put all his weight outboard to windward. The crew wears a trapeze harness or belt with a hook, which he slips into a ring on the lower end of the trapeze wire.

trapeze-line n. [line n.² 14b] a fashion style in which the outline of the garment resembles that of a trapezium (cf. sense 2b above).

ΚΠ

1958 Vogue Mar. 119 His [sc. Yves St Laurent's] wedge-shaped silhouette—called..the Trapeze Line—is flared from narrow shoulders to a smooth, wide hemline.

1975 ‘M. Fonteyn’ Autobiogr. ii. iv. 173 A ‘sack’ dress,..a development of Christian Dior's ‘Trapeze’ line which had been..worn by so many wrong-shaped ladies.

Derivatives

traˈpezing n. performance on the trapeze.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > performance on trapeze

trapezing1894

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions

vaulting1531

cross-step1728

still-vaulting1854

roll1858

trampolining1867

planche1878

handstand1890

rollover1891

trapezing1894

press1901

straddle1905

kip1909

upstart1909

headstand1915

round-off1917

neck-roll1920

undergrip1920

pike1928

swivel hips1943

thigh lift1949

overswing1955

shoulder stand1956

stand1956

floor exercise1957

squat1959

turnaround1959

salto1972

Tsukahara1972

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. 70 Fencing and boxing and trapezing seemed to be more in her line.

1905 Daily Chron. 6 June 3/1 People who are revivified by trapezings and comic songs have no individuality to be recreated.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trapeze
释义	trapezen. Brit. /trəˈpiːz/, U.S. /trəˈpiz/, /ˌtræˈpiz/ Etymology: < French trapèze in same senses, < Latin trapezium n. 1. a. An apparatus for gymnastic exercises and feats, consisting of a horizontal crossbar suspended by two ropes in the manner of a swing.Probably originally applied to a kind in which the ropes formed a trapezium (in sense 1b) with the roof and crossbar. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > equipment plummet?1537 springboard?1780 horse1785 trampoline1798 club1815 gallows1817 Indian club1825 rope1825 horizontal bar1827 trapeze1830 vaulting bar1839 parallel bars1850 wooden horse1854 trapezium1856 giant stride1863 ring1869 vaulting horse1875 mast1880 fly-pole1884 pommel1887 Roman ring1894 mat1903 wall bar1903 pommel horse1908 buck1932 pommel vault1932 landing mat1941 rebounder1980 1830 Encycl. Brit. XI. 350/2 The trapeze consists of a horizontal bar suspended by ropes at a height of 4 or 5 feet from the floor. 1861 Sat. Rev. 22 June 635 The ring is neither more nor less likely to cause death than the rope or the trapèze. 1865 Public Opinion 21 Jan. 81 His performances are of a very extraordinary character; among other things, he holds on to the trapeze by his teeth. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxxvi Will you..show the boys how to twist round a trapeze. 1908 Daily Chron. 11 June 1/4 At this altitude of two miles above the ground her feet became entangled in the trapeze ropes. b. Sailing. (See quot. 1961.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > trapeze or toe-strap in small sailing boat toe-strap1884 trapeze harness1946 trapeze1961 1961 F. H. Burgess Dict. Sailing 211 Trapeze, in sailing dinghies, a sliding support used by the crew for outboard balancing when they lay up to windward. 1969 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. 7/7 The work covers the origins of the trapeze (a means of crew support to help in holding a light dinghy level in a breeze). 1977 Mod. Boating (Austral.) Jan. 43/3 Try looking at the race with your head upside down sometime when you are..flat out on the trapeze. 2. a. = trapezium n. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > geometry > shape or figure > [noun] > two-dimensional > quadrilateral > irregular > with two parallel sides trapezium1570 trapezoid1795 trapeze1864 1864 in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. hence in later Dicts. b. (See quot. 1968); = trapeze-line n. at Compounds below. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > other disguise1340 disguisingc1386 shiftc1570 French cut1606 knaverya1616 small clothes1625 small storesa1643 nugging-dress1699 kilting1721 fancy dress1770 under-habit1772 man-millinery1790 sheen1802 costume1818 ingubu1833 bedizenment1837 tat1839 extravaganza1860 rational dress1873 rubber1876 pearly1890 new look1920 collection1921 Daks1933 smart casual1943 separates1945 trapeze1958 Carnaby Street1965 haute boutique1966 kinderwhore1994 1958 Spectator 13 June 761/2 Miss Lee is the only lady member to have adopted the new short skirt..and none of them has so far ventured upon the trapeze. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 30 The trapeze was a wide, stiff full-skirted tent shape stopping at the knees and moulding the figure to a high bust in front while falling free from the shoulders at the back. Trapeze was short for trapezium..but somehow a circus trapeze seemed to describe it more visually and the fashion magazines showed dresses on, under or in front of them. Compounds trapeze artist n. one who performs acrobatics on a trapeze. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > acrobat > trapeze artist aerialist1869 trapezist1875 perchist1938 trapeze artist1938 1938 Amer. Mag. CXXV. 90 Mother Millette started as a trapeze artist. 1981 W. Strathern Don't look for Me—I'm Dead iii. 52 The lean and sinewy strength of a trapeze artist. trapeze harness n. Sailing (see quot. 1981). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > other equipment of vessel > [noun] > trapeze or toe-strap in small sailing boat toe-strap1884 trapeze harness1946 trapeze1961 1946 Yachts & Yachting 20 Aug. 383/2 (advt.) All G.R.P., well equipped boat Needlespar, trolley, cover, certificate, lifting rudder, trapeze harness, ready to race. 1981 B. Webb Schult's Sailing Dict. 297/2 Trapeze, gear fitted to fast racing dinghies and some keelboats to enable the crew to put all his weight outboard to windward. The crew wears a trapeze harness or belt with a hook, which he slips into a ring on the lower end of the trapeze wire. trapeze-line n. [line n.² 14b] a fashion style in which the outline of the garment resembles that of a trapezium (cf. sense 2b above). ΚΠ 1958 Vogue Mar. 119 His [sc. Yves St Laurent's] wedge-shaped silhouette—called..the Trapeze Line—is flared from narrow shoulders to a smooth, wide hemline. 1975 ‘M. Fonteyn’ Autobiogr. ii. iv. 173 A ‘sack’ dress,..a development of Christian Dior's ‘Trapeze’ line which had been..worn by so many wrong-shaped ladies. Derivatives traˈpezing n. performance on the trapeze. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > performance on trapeze trapezing1894 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > [noun] > actions or positions vaulting1531 cross-step1728 still-vaulting1854 roll1858 trampolining1867 planche1878 handstand1890 rollover1891 trapezing1894 press1901 straddle1905 kip1909 upstart1909 headstand1915 round-off1917 neck-roll1920 undergrip1920 pike1928 swivel hips1943 thigh lift1949 overswing1955 shoulder stand1956 stand1956 floor exercise1957 squat1959 turnaround1959 salto1972 Tsukahara1972 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby I. 70 Fencing and boxing and trapezing seemed to be more in her line. 1905 Daily Chron. 6 June 3/1 People who are revivified by trapezings and comic songs have no individuality to be recreated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1830
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