Editing Trapeze (section)

{{short description|Aerial circus or gymnastics apparatus}}
{{about|the aerial apparatus|other uses|Trapeze (disambiguation)}}
{{redirect|Trapeze artist|the racehorse|Trapeze Artist (horse)}}
[[Image:Trapeze Artists in Circus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Trapeze artists, in lithograph by Calvert Litho. Co., 1890.]]

A '''trapeze''' is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes, metal straps, or chains, from a ceiling support. It is an [[aerialist|aerial]] apparatus commonly found in [[circus]] performances. Trapeze acts may be static, spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or flying, and may be performed solo, double, triple or as a group act.<ref name=NICA>{{cite web|url=http://www.nica.com.au/dictionary|publisher=National Institute of Circus Arts|title=Circus Dictionary|access-date=October 1, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719162832/http://www.nica.com.au/dictionary|archive-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref>

The name of the apparatus reflects the [[trapezoid]] shape made by the horizontal bar, ropes and ceiling support.<ref name="Jones2019">{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Paul Anthony|title=The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_uwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA317|date=14 October 2019|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-64670-1|pages=317|access-date=22 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624213352/https://books.google.com/books?id=M_uwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA317|url-status=live}}</ref>