used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War n a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises n a heating element in an electric fire n (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried v prevent from entering
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a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis
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n an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
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plural of chin-up n an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar
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It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360�, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint. n
