Trapeze
noun
1.
an apparatus, used in gymnastics and acrobatics, consisting of a short horizontal bar attached to the ends of two suspended ropes.
2.
(on a small sailboat) a device by which a crew member can be suspended almost completely outboard while hiking.
noun
1.
a free-swinging bar attached to two ropes, used by circus acrobats, etc
2.
a sling like a bosun’s chair at one end of a line attached to the masthead of a light racing sailing boat, used in sitting out
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