stall bar

stall bar
noun
a gymnastic apparatus used for strengthening exercises; uprights fastened to a wall and connected by horizontal rungs
Hypernyms: ↑gymnastic apparatus, ↑exerciser

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noun
: a piece of gymnastic apparatus used for corrective and strengthening exercises that consists of uprights about eight feet high and three feet apart secured to a wall and joined by horizontal wooden rungs at about 5-inch intervals

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