- a handrail placed at hip height, used by a dancer to maintain balance during practice.
- a pattern of stripes or bands of color extending across the warp in woven and knitted fabrics.
- a streak in the filling direction when one or more picks are of a color different from that of adjacent picks.
- a technique of playing a chord on a stringed instrument by laying a finger across the strings at a particular fret, raising their pitch.
- a rail at hip height used for ballet practice and leg exercises
- 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
- the playing of chords in this manner
- to execute (chords) in this manner
- by using the barré
