barre

also bar

1. A handrail fixed to a wall, as in a dance studio, used by ballet dancers as a support in certain exercises.
2. A fingering technique used with fretted stringed instruments in which a finger is laid across the fretboard to stop all or several strings at once.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *barra

Origin: , of Gaulish origin